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William Cooper (Australian politician)

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Preceded by
  
Full Name
  
William Cooper

Political party
  
Australian Labor Party

Died
  
29 November 1957, Ipswich

Succeeded by
  
Nationality
  
Australian

Children
  
Six

Party
  
Australian Labor Party

William Cooper (Australian politician)

Spouse(s)
  
Ida Emma Ernst (m.1902 d.1955)

William Cooper (1868 - 29 November 1957) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

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Biography

Cooper was born at Maitland, New South Wales, the son of Henry John Cooper and his wife Elizabeth (née Chaffe). He was educated in Maitland and was a blacksmith in Western Australia and a railway worker on the Rosewood-Grandchester line.

On the 1st January 1902 he married Ida Emma Ernst (died 1955) and together had four sons and two daughters. Cooper died at Ipswich in November of 1957.

Public life

Cooper, the Labor Party candidate, won the seat of Rosewood at the 1918 state election, defeating the sitting member, Henry Stevens. Cooper held the seat until 1929, when he was defeated by Ted Maher.

References

William Cooper (Australian politician) Wikipedia


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