John William Crook (14 November 1895 – 4 July 1970) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1949 to 1959. He was a member of the Labor Party (ALP). Neilly was born in

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. He was the son of a miner and was educated to elementary level at Kurri Kurri Public School. At age 13 he became a coal miner and worked mainly at

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. He was an office-holder in the Miners' Federation and was general secretary of the Northern Lodge of the union from 1934 to 1949. He won ALP pre-selection for the seat of Cessnock at a 1949 by-election caused by the resignation of Jack Baddeley to accept a position with the

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. He won the by-election and subsequent elections in

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and

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. He did not contest the

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election and was succeeded by George Neilly.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Crook, John 1895 births 1970 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales 20th-century Australian politicians People from Korumburra