Background
Cook, Peter was born on November 8, 1943 in Melbourne, Australia.
Cook, Peter was born on November 8, 1943 in Melbourne, Australia.
Vice president Australian Labor Party in Western Australia, 1982-1983. Elected member Senate for Western Australia, 1983, chairman trade and resources committee, 1984-1987, minister for resources, 1988-1990, minister for industrial relations, 1990-1993, minister assisting the prime minister for public service matters, 1990-1993, minister for shipping and aviation support, 1992-1993, minister for trade, 1993-1994, minister of industry, technical and regional development, since 1994. Union organizer Federal Clerks Union, South Australia.
Secretary Western Australia Trades and Labor Council. Vice president Australian Council of Trade Unions, 1981.
Australia Council of Trade Unions' (ACTU). National; National Economics Platform Committee 19S3-. Senate 1983-1987; several Senate Committees 1983-1987.
Reading, sport. Address Department of Industrial Relations, POB 9879, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. Telephone: (062) 437333.
Married Barbara McDonald.