Frederick Albert Cook, known by his second name Albert, (22 March 1883 – 23 December 1971) was an Australian politician. He was born at Baddaginnie to storekeeper Frederick John Cook and Maria Dosser. After a state education he carried on his father's stores in Baddaginnie and

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. On 26 December 1915 he married Neva Garland Mowatt, with whom he had five children; a second marriage on 20 April 1943 to Kathleen Flora Curry produced two further children. He served on Benalla Shire Council from 1924 to 1964 and was twice president (1931–32, 1953–54). In 1936 he was elected to the

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. In 1939 he joined

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, and in 1943 joined the Country Party. He was party whip from 1955 to 1961, when he retired from politics. Cook died at Benalla in 1971.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cook, Frederick 1883 births 1971 deaths National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 20th-century Australian politicians