Sir Robert Cosgrove | |
---|---|
30th Premier of Tasmania | |
In office 25 February 1948 – 26 August 1958 | |
Governor | Sir Hugh Binney Sir Ronald Cross |
Preceded by | Edward Brooker |
Succeeded by | Eric Reece |
In office 18 December 1939 – 18 December 1947 | |
Governor | Sir Ernest Clark Sir Hugh Binney |
Preceded by | Edmund Dwyer-Gray |
Succeeded by | Edward Brooker |
Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Denison | |
In office 9 June 1934 – 25 August 1958 | |
In office 3 June 1925 – 9 May 1931 | |
In office 31 May 1919 – 10 June 1922 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Tea Tree, Tasmania, Australia | 28 December 1884
Died | 25 August 1969 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia | (aged 84)
Political party | Labor |
Spouse | |
Sir Robert Cosgrove KCMG (28 December 1884 – 25 August 1969) was an Australian politician who was the 30th and longest-serving Premier of Tasmania. He held office for over 18 years, serving from 1939 to 1947 and from 1948 to 1958. His involvement in state politics spanned five decades, and he dominated the Tasmanian branch of the Australian Labor Party for a generation.