Cooper, Frank Arthur
Personal
Birth Date:
16 July 1872 (Blayney, New South Wales)
Death Date:
30 November 1949 (Brisbane, Queensland)
Parents:
Charles Cooper and Mary Ann (nee Scott)
Family:
Agnes Maisie Hardy on 29 June 1925, 1 daughter
Education:
Educated in Sydney
Religion:
Church of England
Career
Lieutenant-Governor, 1946 to 1949; Editor, Queensland Leader, Ipswich, 1915 to 1925; Worker, Tramways, 1912; Clerk, Ipswich Railway Workshops, 1909; Worker, Westinghouse Brake Co. working in New Zealand, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Ipswich; Clerk, Diocesan Registry Office, Brisbane, 1900; Chief Clerk, Sydney Diocesan Registry of the Church of England, 1890 to 1900
Local Government Service:
Alderman and Deputy Mayor of Ipswich City Council, 1924 to 1927
Party Positions:
- Member, QCE. 1938
- Member, Executive Committee, Queensland Central Executive. Nov 1939
Parliamentary Representation
| House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | ALP | Bremer | 22 May 1915 | 12 Mar 1946 |
Parliamentary Service
| Description | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Premier and Chief Secretary | 16 Sep 1942 | 7 Mar 1946 |
| Treasurer | 12 Apr 1938 | 27 Apr 1944 |
| Secretary for Public Instruction | 17 Jun 1932 | 12 Apr 1938 |
| Member, Royal Commission of Public Works | 12 Oct 1922 | 17 Jun 1932 |
| Member, Panel of Temporary Chairmen | 16 Dec 1920 | 16 Dec 1931 |
| Member, Royal Commission into the administration of the railways | 1917 | 1918 |
Additional Information
Notes:
President, Australian Church Army (Brisbane) and the Ipswich City Mission. President and Secretary, Ipswich Workers Political Organisation; Secretary, Ipswich and West Moreton Eight Hour Day Union; Patron, Kedron Bowling Club, a member, Brisbane Clerical Union and a foundation member, Workers Educational Association. Mr Cooper was the first Labor Premier to hold a seat in south-eastern Queensland. Member, Queensland University Senate, 1946 and was a representative of the Archdiocese of Brisbane at the General Synod of the Church of England. A state funeral was held for Mr Cooper on 1 Dec 1949 at St John's Church of England Cathedral
Sources:
Image courtesy of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, 1940, Neg: 59582 ; Cross, Manfred, 'Cooper, Frank Arthur (1872–1949)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cooper-frank-arthur-9820; Queensland Government Gazette, Vol. CLXXIII, No. 174, 30 Nov 1949, pp. 2171-2172; Courier-Mail, 'Mr F.A. Cooper died to-day, 77', 30 Nov 1949; Lack, Clem, Three Decades of Queensland Political History, 1929-1960 (Brisbane: Government Printer, 1962); Murphy, DJ and RB Joyce, eds, Queensland Political Portraits, 1859-1952 (St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1972); Murphy, DJ, RB Joyce and Colin A Hughes, eds., Labor in Power: the Labor Party and Governments in Queensland, 1915-57 (St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1980
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