{{Short description|9th ministry of the government of Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2019}} {{about|the ministry of Government of Australia under Joseph Cook|the ministry of Western Australia under Roger Cook|Cook ministry (Western Australia)}} {{Infobox government cabinet | cabinet_name = Cook ministry | cabinet_type = Ministry | cabinet_number = 9th | jurisdiction = Australia | flag = Flag of Australia.svg | flag_border = true | incumbent = | image = Cook_Ministry_1913.jpg | caption = Group photo of the Cook ministry | date_formed = 24 June 1913 | date_dissolved = 17 September 1914 | government_head = Joseph Cook | government_head_history = | deputy_government_head = | state_head = George V | governor_general = Lord Denman<br />Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson | members_number = 10 | former_members_number = | total_number = | political_party = Liberal | legislature_status = Majority government | opposition_cabinet = | opposition_party = Labor | opposition_leader = Andrew Fisher | election = 31 May 1913 | last_election = 5 September 1914 | legislature_term = 5th | budget = | advice_and_consent1 = | incoming_formation = | outgoing_formation = | predecessor = Second Fisher ministry | successor = Third Fisher ministry | state_head_title = Monarch | government_head_title = Prime Minister }}

The '''Cook ministry''' (Liberal) was the 9th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 6th Prime Minister, Joseph Cook. The Cook Ministry succeeded the Second Fisher ministry, which dissolved on 24 June 1913 following the federal election that took place in May which saw the Liberals defeat Andrew Fisher's Labor Party - albeit with a one-seat majority. The ministry was replaced by the Third Fisher ministry on 17 September 1914 following the federal election that took place on 5 September which saw Labor defeat the Liberals.<ref name=phb>{{cite web |title=Ministries and Cabinets |work=Parliamentary Handbook |publisher=Parliament of Australia |url=http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;page=0;query=Scullin%20Ministry%20(ALP);rec=0;resCount=Default |accessdate=25 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008065519/http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p%3Bpage%3D0%3Bquery%3DScullin%20Ministry%20%28ALP%29%3Brec%3D0%3BresCount%3DDefault |archivedate=8 October 2012 }}</ref>

Willie Kelly, who died in 1960, was the last surviving member of the Cook ministry.

==Ministry== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !colspan="2" | Party ! Minister ! Portrait ! Portfolio |- | {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}}|&nbsp; ||rowspan=10| Liberal | Joseph Cook <br>{{small|(1860–1947)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Parramatta <br>{{small|(1901–1921)}} | 100px | * Prime Minister * ''Leader of the Liberal Party'' * Minister for Home Affairs |- | {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}}|&nbsp; | Sir William Irvine <br>{{small|(1858–1943)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Flinders <br>{{small|(1906–1918)}} | 100px | * Attorney-General |- | {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}}|&nbsp; | Sir John Forrest <br>{{small|(1847–1918)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Swan <br>{{small|(1901–1918)}} | 100px | * ''Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party'' * Treasurer |- | {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}}|&nbsp; | Paddy Glynn <br>{{small|(1855–1931)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Angas <br>{{small|(1903–1919)}} | 100px | * Minister for External Affairs |- | {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}}|&nbsp; | Edward Millen <br>{{small|(1860–1923)}} Senator for New South Wales <br>{{small|(1901–1923)}} | 100px | * Minister for Defence * ''Leader of the Government in the Senate'' |- | {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}}|&nbsp; | Littleton Groom <br>{{small|(1867–1936)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Darling Downs <br>{{small|(1901–1929)}} | 100px | * Minister for Trade and Customs |- | {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}}|&nbsp; | Agar Wynne <br>{{small|(1850–1934)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Balaclava <br>{{small|(1906–1914)}} | 100px | * Postmaster-General |- | {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}}|&nbsp; | James McColl <br>{{small|(1844–1929)}} Senator for Victoria <br>{{small|(1907–1914)}} | 100px | * Vice-President of the Executive Council |- | {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}}|&nbsp; | John Clemons <br>{{small|(1862–1944)}} Senator for Tasmania <br>{{small|(1901–1914)}} | 100px | * Minister without Portfolio |- | {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}}|&nbsp; | Willie Kelly <br>{{small|(1877–1960)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Wentworth <br>{{small|(1903–1919)}} | 100px | * Minister without Portfolio |}

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