Trish Cook
Trish Cook | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Bullwinkel | |
| Assumed office 3 May 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Division created |
| Deputy Shire President of Mundaring | |
| Assumed office October 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Paige McNeil |
| Personal details | |
| Citizenship | Australian |
| Political party | Labor |
| Alma mater | Edith Cowan University Curtin University |
| Occupation | Politician, nurse, midwife |
| Website | trish-cook |
Patricia Ann Cook is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and is a member of the House of Representatives since 2025, representing the Western Australian seat of Bullwinkel.[1] She worked as a nurse and midwife before entering politics.[2]
She is also the incumbent deputy shire president for the Shire of Mundaring, where she lives, in Darlington.[3]
Education
[edit]Cook first received a General Nursing Diploma from a St John of God hospital in 1985 before getting a Midwifery diploma in 1988, and receiving her bachelor of Health Science in 1996 from Edith Cowan University (ECU). Between 1999 and 2006 she attended Curtin University gaining a graduate diploma and masters in Occupational Health and Safety. She returned to ECU in 2016 to gain a PhD.[4]
Career
[edit]As a nurse she worked in regional areas of Western Australia, and while working under Occupational Health and Safety from 1996 she worked for the oil and gas sector until 2011.[5] From 2008 to 2011 Cook was a lecturer at Curtin University for Occupational Health and Safety. She also worked as a tutor for undergraduate students at ECU at Joondalup from 2017 to 2021.[4]
Politics
[edit]Cook was first elected to Mundaring Shire Council on 19 October 2013 in an ordinary election for South Ward receiving 28.29% of the vote (779 votes). Her term expired on 21 October 2017 and did not contest for another term, being succeeded by Darrell Jones. She did run in the 2021 ordinary election and was once again elected as a councilor for South Ward. In October 2023. Cook was appointed as deputy shire president succeeding Paige McNeil who had been elected as shire president.[3][6][7]
In September 2024 the federal ALP selected Trish Cook as their candidate for the newly created Division of Bullwinkel having replaced their previous candidate MLC Kyle McGinn who was originally chosen in July by the state ALP administration, neither the ALP, McGinn, or Cook commented on why the change was made.[8][9][10][11][12]
At the 2025 Federal election Cook won the new marginal seat of Bullwinkel as its first member of parliament, though the seat took several days to call; the margin was 987 votes.[13][14]
References
[edit]- ^ Green, Antony (2 May 2025). "Bullwinkel (Key Seat) Federal Election 2025 Results". ABC News. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "Trish Cook". Australian Labor Party. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ a b "Council Members and Wards". Shire of Mundaring. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Trish Cook". LinkedIn. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ "Trish Cook". businessnews.com.au. 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ Thompson, Tony (October 2013). "2013 Ordinary Election - Mundaring". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ Williams, Sarah (October 2021). "2021 Ordinary Election - Mundaring". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ Dee, Mel (5 September 2024). "Albanese announces shire deputy president will run for Bullwinkel". Examiner Newspapers. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ Hastie, Hamish (3 September 2024). "Federal Labor swoops in to select Perth Hills councillor for nation's newest seat". WA Today. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ Cheng, Guanhao (26 September 2024). "Mundaring's Trish Cook is Labor's Bullwinkel candidate". Echo News. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ Katina, Curtis (5 September 2024). "Labor's Bullwinkel candidate spurns push to name seat after local hero". The West Australian. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ Thorn, Meleva (4 September 2024). "Prime Minister visits Perth and announces new Labor candidate". WAMN News. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ Ho, Cason; de Poloni, Gian (9 May 2025). "Labor's Trish Cook claims victory in Bullwinkel in final WA vote count". ABC News. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ Brookes, Sarah (10 May 2025). "Labor claims Bullwinkel, cementing grip on the West". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
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