Viv Cooper

Vivian Joseph Northcote Cooper (19 June 1909 – 10 September 2000) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Viv Cooper
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Keppel
In office
25 October 1952 – 3 August 1957
Preceded byWalter Ingram
Succeeded byMerv Thackeray
Personal details
Born
Vivian Joseph Northcote Cooper

(1909-06-19)19 June 1909
Parkhurst, Queensland, Australia
Died10 September 2000(2000-09-10) (aged 91)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Political partyQueensland Labor Party
Other political
affiliations		Labor
Spouse(s)Catherine Elizabeth Hood (m.1933 d.2002)
OccupationCoach painter and signwriter for Queensland Railways

Biography

Cooper was born at Parkhurst, a suburb in Rockhampton, Queensland, the son of Joseph Cooper and his wife Norah (née Dooley). He was educated at Parkhurst State School, Nobbs Street Convent, and the Christian Brothers College in Rockhampton. After leaving school he worked as a coach painter and signwriter for the Queensland Railways until 1952 and after his defeat in politics was the chief inspector for the Queensland Fish Marketing Board until his retirement in 1974.[1]

On 4 September 1933 Cooper married Catherine Elizabeth Hood[1] (died 2002)[2] and together had three sons and a daughter. Cooper died in Brisbane in September 2000 and was cremated at the Albany Creek Crematorium.[3]

Public career

Cooper, representing the Labor, won the 1952 by-election to replace Walter Ingram who had died earlier in the year.[4] He went on to hold the seat until the 1957 Queensland state election when, as a member of the newly formed Queensland Labor Party,[1] he lost the seat to the ALP candidate, Merv Thackeray.[5]

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References
  1. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  2. Catherine Cooper ( - 2002) — Heaven Address. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  3. Vivian Joseph N Cooper ( - 2000) — Heaven Address. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  4. "LABOUR RETAINS KEPPEL SEAT". Morning Bulletin (29, 125). Queensland, Australia. 27 October 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 20 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. Thackeray, Mervyn Herbert (Merv) — Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
Walter Ingram		 Member for Keppel
1952–1957		 Succeeded by
Merv Thackeray
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