Joseph Cook
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Sir Joseph Cook was an Australian politician and trade unionist who served as the sixth prime minister of Australia from 1913 to 1914. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Party, having previou
Official portrait c. 1914
Cook lived in a small terraced house at 86 Newcastle Street for most of his childhood. The building now has a blue plaque commemorating his life.
Cook in 1894
Cook and Alfred Deakin together in 1909
Andrew Fisher
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Andrew Fisher was an Australian politician and trade unionist who served as the fifth prime minister of Australia from 1908 to 1909, 1910 to 1913 and 1914 to 1915. He held office as the leader of the
Joseph Cook
…defeat at the 1910 election. Cook replaced Deakin as leader of the Liberals in January 1913, and a few months later won a one-seat majority over Andrew Fisher's Labor Party at the 1913 election. His party failed to secure a majority in the Australian Senate, making governing difficult, and as a result he…
Fisher in 1912
Memorial cairn in Crosshouse, Fisher's birthplace in rural Scotland
Fisher as a young man in Queensland
Fisher as a Queensland MP, c. 1899