Harold Cohen (politician)

Brigadier Harold Edward Cohen, CMG, DSO, VD (25 November 1881 – 29 October 1946) was an Australian soldier, lawyer and, like his grandfather Edward Cohen, a Victorian State politician.

He married Freda Pirani on 4 December 1907, and they had two sons and two daughters.

Cohen was educated at Xavier College where he was the first Jewish boy to attend the school.

Prior to being a politician, Cohen was a solicitor, soldier and a company director.

[1] In 1929, Cohen was elected as a Nationalist Party MP for Melbourne South Province in the Victorian Legislative Council.