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Athol Scott Cooper (24 October 1892 – 21 December 1970) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in
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to clothier Charles Henry Cooper and Mary Esther Scott. He migrated to Australia around 1910 and served with the Australian Imperial Force during
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. At around 1922 he married Dorothy Jean Holmes, with whom he had two daughters. He became a farmer, first in
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and then in the Mallee. In 1932 he was elected to the
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as the United Australia Party member for
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, but the narrowness of the result prompted a recount which Cooper lost, and his period as an MP ended. He later moved to
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, and died in Mitcham in 1970.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cooper, Athol 1892 births 1970 deaths United Australia Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 20th-century Australian politicians