Robert Cosgrove

Sir Robert Cosgrove
30th Premier of Tasmania
In office
25 February 1948 – 26 August 1958
GovernorSir Hugh Binney
Sir Ronald Cross
Preceded byEdward Brooker
Succeeded byEric Reece
In office
18 December 1939 – 18 December 1947
GovernorSir Ernest Clark
Sir Hugh Binney
Preceded byEdmund Dwyer-Gray
Succeeded byEdward 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(1884-12-28)28 December 1884
Tea Tree, Tasmania, Australia
Died25 August 1969(1969-08-25) (aged 84)
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Political partyLabor
Spouse
(m. 1911⁠–⁠1962)

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.