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Robert Cosgrove

Robert Cosgrove

Surname: COSGROVE

Given Names: Robert

Title and Honours: Sir (KCMG, 1959)

Qualifications:

Date and Place of Birth: 28 December 1884 - Tea Tree, Tasmania

Date of Death: 25 August 1969 - Hobart, Tasmania

 

 

House of Assembly: (1) 31 May 1919 (2) 3 June 1925 (3) 9 June 1934

Electorate: Denison

Party: ALP

Positions Held:Premier 18 December 1939 - 18 December 1947; 25 February 1948 -26 August 1958. Numerous portfolios.

Date of Departure (1) 10 June 1922 (2) 9 May 1931 (3) 25 August 1958

Reason for Departure: (1) Defeated. (2) Defeated. (3) Resigned because of ill health.

Comments:

Longest-serving Premier (18 years)

House of Assembly Long Room Picture: 355

Comments:

House of Assembly Long Room Picture Number indicates each Member's position in the photographic record.

Source: Parliament of Tasmania Members Biographical Database, Tasmanian Parliamentary Library.

Additional Reference Material:

A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics, 1890-1964 [by] Colin A. Hughes and B. D. Graham. Canberra, ANU Press, 1968. Biographical Register of the Tasmanian Parliament, 1851-1960 / Scott Bennett and Barbara Bennett. Canberra : ANU, 1980.