Background
Born in Don, Tasmania, he was raised in the Methodist faith of his mother, educated at state schools and then the University of Tasmania, before becoming a teacher and headmaster in state schools.
Born in Don, Tasmania, he was raised in the Methodist faith of his mother, educated at state schools and then the University of Tasmania, before becoming a teacher and headmaster in state schools.
He represented Tasmania at the 1930 Adelaide Carnival. Cole served in the military 1939-1945. In 1950, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Tasmania.
In August 1955, he was expelled from the Labor Party and joined seven lower house MPs in forming the Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist), which became the Democratic Labor Party.
He was elected in 1958 as a Democratic Labor Senator. He held the seat until his defeat in 1964.
Cole died in 1969, aged 60.