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Joseph Cook

1860 - 1947

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Sir Joseph Cook (7 December 1860 – 30 July 1947) 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 previously been leader of the Anti-Socialist Party from 1908 to 1909. His victory at the 1913 election marked the first time that a centre-right party had won a majority at an Australian federal election. Cook was born in Silverdale, Staffordshire, England, and began working in the local coal mines at the age of nine. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Cook is the 14,487th most popular politician (up from 16,228th in 2019), the 3,662nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,717th in 2019) and the 501st most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Joseph Cook ranks 14,487 out of 19,576. Before him are Vesna Pusić, Huang Ju, Abel Muzorewa, Kelemen Mikes, Frank Hsieh, and Edward Natapei. After him are Vsevolod of Pskov, Meira Kumar, Sigeberht the Good, Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha, Said Musa, and Alf Landon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Joseph Cook ranks 112. Before him are José Figueroa Alcorta, Frederik van Eeden, Themistoklis Sofoulis, John Scott Haldane, Horacio Vásquez, and Jacques Sautereau. After him are Pieter Jelles Troelstra, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, Martin Kukučín, Nikolai Ottovich von Essen, Alexey Favorsky, and Jan Kasprowicz. Among people deceased in 1947, Joseph Cook ranks 164. Before him are Georg Schnéevoigt, Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena, Ture Rangström, Albert Bruce Jackson, Jean-Richard Bloch, and Dewi Sartika. After him are Yngvar Bryn, Wilhelm Heye, Harry Carey, Tefta Tashko-Koço, Gilbert Bougnol, and Edwin Hedley.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joseph Cook ranks 3,663 out of 8,785. Before him are Herbert Giles (1845), Robin Dunbar (1947), Joe Alwyn (1991), Thomas Digges (1546), Billy Bremner (1942), and Siouxsie Sioux (1957). After him are Talulah Riley (1985), Pat Roach (1937), George Crabbe (1754), Bob Evans (1947), Nik Kershaw (1958), and Patricia Medina (1919).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Joseph Cook ranks 501. Before him are Ruth Williams Khama (1923), William Martin (1767), Cherie Blair (1954), Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845), Andrew Fisher (1862), and Lady Arbella Stuart (1575). After him are Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593), Alan Bullock (1914), Philip Hammond (1955), Lambert Simnel (1477), Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (1374), and Jack McConnell (1960).

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