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Mr John Patrick COCHRAN (1864 - 1926)

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Date of Birth: 08/03/1864
Place of Birth: Lower Manning, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 02/12/1926
Place of Death: Little Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member for Darling Harbour 24 Mar 1917 18 Feb 1920 2 years 10 months 26 days
Member for Darling Harbour 06 Dec 1913 21 Feb 1917 3 years 2 months 16 days
City Tattersalls Club Committee No.9 13 Sep 1912 19 Sep 1912 7 days
Administration of the Rocks Resumed Area Committee No.7 20 Aug 1912 05 Dec 1912 3 months 16 days Chairman
Administration of the Rocks resumed Area Committee No.20 14 Nov 1911 28 Mar 1912 4 months 15 days Chairman
Claims of Mr Gustave William Engel Committee No.13 10 Oct 1911 18 Oct 1911 9 days
Member for Darling Harbour 14 Oct 1910 06 Nov 1913 3 years 24 days
Member for Darling Harbour 13 Apr 1910 14 Sep 1910 5 months 2 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 13 Apr 1910 18 Feb 1920 9 years 10 months 6 days
Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP). Member of central executive 1905, 1907 until 1908
Community Activity
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Labourer and secretary. Official of the United Labourers' Union, delegate to the Labor Council of New South Wales, member of executive comittee from 1894 until 1910, secretary from 1906 until 1910; after Parliament., clerk in Department of Labour and Industry.
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Thomas Cochran, mariner, and Ellen Lennon. Unmarried. Roman Catholic. Buried in Roman Catholic cemetery at Rookwood.
Additional Information

The Parliament of New South Wales acknowledges and respects the traditional lands of all Aboriginal people, and pays respects to all Elders past and present. We acknowledge the Gadigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which the Parliament of New South Wales stands.