Date of Birth: 14/11/1895
Place of Birth: Korumburra, Victoria, Australia
Date of Death: 04/07/1970
Place of Death: Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Member for Cessnock |
03 Mar 1956 |
16 Feb 1959 |
2 years 11 months 14 days |
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| Member for Cessnock |
14 Feb 1953 |
06 Feb 1956 |
2 years 11 months 24 days |
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| Member for Cessnock |
17 Jun 1950 |
14 Jan 1953 |
2 years 6 months 29 days |
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| Member for Cessnock |
08 Oct 1949 |
22 May 1950 |
7 months 15 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
08 Oct 1949 |
16 Feb 1959 |
9 years 4 months 9 days |
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Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP). Joined the group opposing Lang in 1936
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Miner and Union official. Educated at Kurri Kurri and Balgownie public schools; began at thirteen on the pit top at Kembla mine; returned to Kurri Kurri with family and worked at Abermain No. 1 mine until 1917, at Richmond Main from 1918 until 1943; dusted while a miner; member and officeholder at Richmond Main Lodge, president from 1924 until 1936, member of central council of Miners' Federation from 1936 until 1949, president of Northern District from 1943 until 1949; member of wartime Coal Tribunal; retired in 1959 to Hawks Nest; returned to West Wallsend in 1965, active in helping crippled children and the blind.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of John Crook, miner, and unionist, and Ellen Phillips. Married (1) Eva Maud Luckraft and had issue, 3 sons. Married (2) Annie Elizabeth (Nance) Scruton in 1934 and had issue, 1 son. Methodist. Buried in Sandgate cemetery from West Wallsend Methodist Church.
