Arthur Cook (30 November 1885 – 4 March 1943) was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 10 September 1942 to 4 March 1943, when he died.

[1] He was born in Campbell Town, Tasmania, Australia in 1885 and came to New Zealand around 1910.

When he was appointed, he had retired recently from the position of general secretary of the New Zealand Workers' Union.

He died when the ship California Star, which was taking him to a trade union conference in Britain, was torpedoed by German submarine U-515.

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