Frederick Cook (Australian politician)

He was born at Baddaginnie to storekeeper Frederick John Cook and Maria Dosser.

After a state education he carried on his father's stores in Baddaginnie and Benalla.

On 26 December 1915 he married Neva Garland Mowatt, with whom he had five children; a second marriage on 20 April 1943 to Kathleen Flora Curry produced two further children.

He served on Benalla Shire Council from 1924 to 1964 and was twice president (1931–32, 1953–54).

In 1936 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Benalla as a United Australia Party-aligned independent.