Bob Cotton
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The Honourable Sir Robert Cotton KCMG, AO |
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| Senator for New South Wales | |
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In office 4 August 1965 – 13 July 1978 |
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| Preceded by | Sir William Spooner |
| Succeeded by | Chris Puplick |
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| Born |
29 November 1915 Broken Hill, New South Wales |
| Died | 25 December 2006 (aged 91) Sydney, New South Wales |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Occupation | Businessman, pastoralist |
Sir Robert Carrington "Bob" Cotton KCMG, AO (29 November 1915 – 25 December 2006) was an Australian politician and Senator for New South Wales in the Parliament of Australia from 1966 to 1978. During that period he held the portfolios of Minister for Civil Aviation in the Gorton and McMahon governments, and Minister for Industry and Commerce in the Fraser government.
Cotton was born in Broken Hill, New South Wales in 1915. He was educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide and trained as a Royal Australian Air Force pilot in 1942 and 1943, but did not participate in action in World War II as he was seconded to the Department of Supply. Instead Cotton established the timber industry in Oberon, New South Wales as a wartime priority.
After the war Cotton became a businessman and pastoralist in Oberon. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Australia from its foundation in 1944. In 1949 and 1950 he was President of Oberon Shire Council. In the 1951 federal election he ran unsuccessfully for the seat of Macquarie against the sitting Australian Labor Party member Ben Chifley (the Leader of the Opposition and a former Prime Minister). From 1957 to 1960 he was New South Wales State President of the Liberal Party.
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