Electoral district of Cook

The electoral division of Cook is an electoral division in Queensland, Australia.

Cook covers the vast Cape York Peninsula north of Cairns, including the resort town of Port Douglas and the Torres Strait Islands. It is named after British navigator James Cook, who charted the coast and landed on Possession Island National Park - one of the Torres Strait islands - in 1770.

Jason O'Brien of the Australian Labor Party currently holds the seat. Cook is considered a safe Labor seat.

[edit] Members for Cook

First incarnation (1876-1878, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	William Murphy	Unaligned	1876-1878
Second incarnation (1878-1888, 2 members)
Member		Party	Term
	John Walsh	Unaligned	1878-1883
	Frederick Cooper	Unaligned	1878-1884 (disqualified)
	John Hamilton	Ministerialist	1883-1888
	Thomas Campbell	Unaligned	1884-1885 (declared elected)
	Charles Hill	Unaligned	1885-1888
Third incarnation (1888-1950, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	John Hamilton	Ministerialist	1888-1904
	John Hargreaves	Ministerialist	1904-1907
	Harry Douglas	Ministerialist/Opposition/ Independent Opposition/ Ministerialist/Liberal	1907-1915
	Henry Ryan	Australian Labor Party	1915-1929
	James Kenny	Country and Progressive National Party	1929-1935
	Harold Collins	Australian Labor Party	1935-1950
Fourth incarnation (1953-present, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Bunny Adair	Australian Labor Party	1953-1957
		Queensland Labor Party	1957-1963
		Independent	1963-1969
	Bill Wood	Australian Labor Party	1969-1972
	Edwin Wallis-Smith	Australian Labor Party	1972-1974
	Eric Deeral	National Party of Australia	1974-1977
	Bob Scott	Australian Labor Party	1977-1989
	Steve Bredhauer	Australian Labor Party	1989-2004
	Jason O'Brien	Australian Labor Party	2004-present