Electoral district of Cook's River

{{Short description|Former state electoral district of New South Wales, Australia}}

{{Infobox Australian Electorate |

|name = Cook's River

|state = nsw

|image =

|caption =

|created = 1941

|abolished= 1973

|mp =

|mp-party =

|namesake = Cooks River

|electors =

|area =

|class = Urban

| near-n = Redfern

| near-ne = Redfern

| near-e = Botany/Maroubra

| near-se = Botany/Maroubra

| near-s = Sutherland

| near-sw = Rockdale

| near-w = Dulwich Hill
Earlwood

| near-nw = Marrickville

}}

Cook's River was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1941 and named after inner southwestern Sydney's Cooks River. It was abolished in 1973.{{Cite NSW election |title=Elections for the District of Cook's River |year=DistrictIndexes |district=CooksRiver |access-date=1 September 2019}}{{Cite NSW Parliament |name=Mr John Joseph Cahill (1891 - 1959) |former=Yes |access-date=5 May 2019 |id=1513}}{{cite NSW Parliament | title=Mr Thomas James Cahill (1924-1983) |id=1833 |former=Yes| access-date=13 May 2019 }}

History

Cook's River was created by the 1940 redistribution, in which the district of Arncliffe was abolished, with Cook's River absorbing east Arncliffe and Rockdale absorbing the balance.{{cite web |url=http://www.atlas.nsw.gov.au/public/nsw/home/topic/article/1940-redistribution.html |title=1940 Redistribution |work=Atlas of New South Wales |publisher=NSW Land & Property Information |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623031719/http://www.atlas.nsw.gov.au/public/nsw/home/topic/article/1940-redistribution.html |archive-date=23 June 2015 |url-status=dead}} Cook's River also included the suburbs of Erskinville, Mascot, St Peters and Tempe. Joseph Cahill was the member for Arncliffe and elected to contest Cook's River.

Cook's River was abolished at the 1973 redistribution and was divided between Rockdale and the new district of Heffron.{{cite web |url=http://www.atlas.nsw.gov.au/public/nsw/home/topic/article/1973-redistribution.html |title=1973 Redistribution |work=Atlas of New South Wales |publisher=NSW Land & Property Information |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623031719/http://www.atlas.nsw.gov.au/public/nsw/home/topic/article/1973-redistribution.html |archive-date=23 June 2015 |url-status=dead}} The member for Marrickville, Norm Ryan, stood aside so that Tom Cahill could contest that seat.

Members for Cook's River

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colspan="2"\|Member	Party	Term
{{Australian party style\|Labor NSW}}\| \| Joseph Cahill \| {{Australian politics/name\|Labor NSW}} \| 1941–1959
{{Australian party style\|Labor NSW}}\| \| Tom Cahill \| {{Australian politics/name\|Labor NSW}} \| 1959–1973

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colspan="2"|Member

Party

Term

{{Australian party style|Labor NSW}}|

| Joseph Cahill

| {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| 1941–1959

{{Australian party style|Labor NSW}}|

| Tom Cahill

| {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| 1959–1973