James Newton Haxton Hume Cook CMG was an Australian politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1901 to 1910, after previously serving in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1
James Hume Cook at Parliament House, New South Wales
The Liberal Party was a parliamentary party in Australian federal politics between 1909 and 1917. The party was founded under Alfred Deakin's leadership as a merger of the Protectionist Party and Anti
James Hume Cook
…Australian House of Representatives seat of Bourke at the first federal election in 1901 as a Protectionist and a supporter of Alfred Deakin,. He joined the fusion in 1909 in an attempt to hold on to his seat, although its creation ran against his political principles. ‘Between 1905 and 1908 he was party whip…
Joseph Cook, Prime Minister of Australia 1913–1914
Cartoon by Claude Marquet depicting the Fusion as a camel, with Alfred Deakin as its head and Joseph Cook and John Forrest as humps
Alfred Deakin Elliott & Fry
Joseph Cook Broothorn Studios