Government of Cook

Fisher II Government:

The Cook government was the ninth government of Australia . She served from June 24, 1913 to September 17, 1914. All members of the government belonged to the Commonwealth Liberal Party .

Your previous Labor Party government under Prime Minister Andrew Fisher was narrowly defeated by the Liberal Party in the general election on May 31, 1913. The Liberals became the strongest party, winning 38 out of 75 seats in the House of Representatives, one more than Labor, while Labor continued to hold a majority in the Senate . The Liberals formed a new government on June 24, under their chairman, Joseph Cook . Since, due to the narrow majority in the House of Representatives and the lack of a majority in the Senate, the implementation of major bills was not possible, Cook provoked an early election of both chambers of parliament. In the parliamentary elections on September 5, 1914, Labor won a clear majority with 42 seats in the House of Representatives and expanded its majority in the Senate to 31 of 36 seats. Another Labor government followed under Fisher.

List of ministers

Office	minister	Term of office	image
Prime Minister and Interior Minister	Joseph Cook	June 24, 1913 to September 17, 1914
Treasury minister	John Forrest	June 24, 1913 to September 17, 1914
Attorney General	William Irvine	June 24, 1913 to September 17, 1914
Defense Minister	Edward Millen	June 24, 1913 to September 17, 1914
Foreign minister	Patrick Glynn	June 24, 1913 to September 17, 1914
Minister for Trade and Customs	Littleton Groom	June 24, 1913 to September 17, 1914
Postmaster General	Agar Wynne	June 24, 1913 to September 17, 1914
Vice President of the Executive Council	James McColl	June 24, 1913 to September 17, 1914
Minister without a portfolio	John Clemons	June 24, 1913 to September 17, 1914
	Willie Kelly	June 24, 1913 to September 17, 1914

Web links

• Parliamentary Handbook for the 45th Parliament. (PDF; 13.4 MB) Part 6: Historical information on the Australian Parliament - Ministries and Cabinets. Parliament of Australia, p. 521 , accessed April 21, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Stephen Barber: Federal election results 1901–2016 — Reissue 2. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Parliament of australia, pp. 5 f, 22, 139 , accessed on April 21, 2019 (English).  
2. ↑ FK Crowley: Cook, Sir Joseph (1860-1947) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 8. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1981, ISBN 0-522-84219-4 (English).
3. ↑ DJ Murphy: Fisher, Andrew (1862-1928) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 8. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1981, ISBN 0-522-84219-4 (English).