Electoral district of Cook

This article is about the state electorate. For the federal electorate, see Division of Cook.

Cook is an electoral district 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.

Members for Cook

First incarnation (1876-1878, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	William Edward 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	Labor	1915-1929
	James Kenny	Country and Progressive National	1929-1935
	Harold Collins	Labor	1935-1950
Fourth incarnation (1953-present, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Bunny Adair	Labor	1953-1957
		Queensland Labor	1957-1963
		Independent	1963-1969
	Bill Wood	Labor	1969-1972
	Edwin Wallis-Smith	Labor	1972-1974
	Eric Deeral	National	1974-1977
	Bob Scott	Labor	1977-1989
	Steve Bredhauer	Labor	1989-2004
	Jason O'Brien	Labor	2004-present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Cook

Queensland state election, 2009: Cook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jason O'Brien	10,456	46.0	-4.3
	Liberal National	Craig Batchelor	9,629	42.4	+12.7
	Greens	Neville St John-Wood	1,510	6.7	-0.3
	Independent	Michaelangelo Newie	1,111	4.9	+4.9
Total formal votes			22,706	98.1
Informal votes			417	1.9
Turnout			23,123	85.8
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Jason O'Brien	11,217	52.2	-9.2
	Liberal National	Craig Batchelor	10,253	47.8	+9.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-9.2

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)