| 词条 | Arthur Cocks (politician) |
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Sir Arthur Alfred Clement Cocks, {{post-nominals|country=AUS|KBE|sep=,|size=100}} (27 May 1862 – 25 April 1943) was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. Early lifeCocks was born at Wild Duck Creek, near Heathcote, Victoria and educated at a state school at Richmond before entering retailing at 14. He married Elizabeth Agnes Gibb in 1884 and they had a son and a daughter. He established a business of wholesale jewellers and opticians, Arthur Cocks & Co. He was a member of the Sydney Municipal Council from 1906 to 1914 and was Lord Mayor of Sydney in 1913[1] and was in 1920 involved in the foundation of the Civic Reform Association.[2] Political careerCocks represented St Leonards from 1910 to 1920 and North Shore from 1920 to 1925, initially for the Liberal Reform Party and then the Nationalist Party. He was Colonial Treasurer from 1922 to 1925 in the Fuller ministry.[3] Cocks died at Mosman, New South Wales and survived his wife and children.[1] HonoursCocks was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in 1925. References1. ^1 {{cite web | first=Greta | last=Gerathy | title =Cocks, Sir Arthur Alfred Clement (1862 - 1943) | publisher =Australian National University | work=Australian Dictionary of Biography | url =http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080049b.htm | accessdate = 2007-04-12| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070321213320/http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080049b.htm| archivedate= 21 March 2007 | deadurl= no}} {{start box}}{{s-par|au-nsw}}{{succession box | title=Member for St Leonards | before=Edward Clark | after=Abolished | years=1910 – 1920}}{{succession box | title=Member for North Shore | before=New seat | after=Alick Kay | years=1920 – 1925 | alongside=Arthur, Murphy, Reid/Fell, Weaver}}{{end box}}{{Treasurers of New South Wales}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Cocks, Arthur Alfred Clement}}2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15952995 |title=CIVIC REFORM. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) |location=NSW |date=17 May 1921 |accessdate=27 June 2013 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 3. ^{{cite web |title=Sir (Alfred) Arthur Alfred Clement Cocks (1862 - 1943) |work=Members of Parliament |publisher=Parliament of New South Wales |url=http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/1fb6ebed995667c2ca256ea100825164/0912a55538e96756ca256db300038022!OpenDocument |accessdate=2007-04-16 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929133711/http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/1fb6ebed995667c2ca256ea100825164/0912a55538e96756ca256db300038022%21OpenDocument |archivedate=29 September 2007 |deadurl=yes }} 9 : Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly|Commonwealth Liberal Party politicians|Civic Reform Association politicians|Australian Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire|Australian politicians awarded knighthoods|1862 births|1943 deaths|Treasurers of New South Wales|Agents-General for New South Wales |
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