Jim Cope
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The Honourable Jim Cope CMG |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Cook |
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In office 21 May 1955 – 10 December 1955 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Sheehan |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Watson |
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In office 10 December 1955 – 25 October 1969 |
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| Preceded by | Dan Curtin |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Sydney |
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In office 25 October 1969 – 11 November 1975 |
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| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | Les McMahon |
| 15th Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives | |
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In office 27 February 1973 – 27 February 1975 |
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| Preceded by | Sir William Aston |
| Succeeded by | Gordon Scholes |
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26 November 1907 Sydney, New South Wales |
| Died | 3 February 1999 (aged 91) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Occupation | Glassworker |
James Francis "Jim" Cope, CMG (26 November 1907 – 3 February 1999) was an Australian politician, and Speaker of the House of Representatives for two years 1973–75, resigning abruptly in dramatic circumstances when he came into conflict with the Prime Minister Gough Whitlam.
Born in Sydney in 1907, Jim Cope attended public schools and became a glassworker. He rose to Federal Treasurer of the Australian Glassworkers' Union, and was also a member of Redfern Council.
In 1955 he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives in a by-election for the seat of Cook, representing the Australian Labor Party. Cook was abolished in the federal election of that year and Cope contested Watson instead, winning the seat. He held Watson until its abolition in 1969, when he transferred to the new seat of Sydney, which he held until 1975.
On 27 February 1973, Cope was appointed the first Labor Speaker of the House since 1950. On 27 February 1975, the second anniversary of his election as speaker, he resigned after the Whitlam government refused to support him when he named Clyde Cameron, a government minister. Cope retired from parliament at the double dissolution election of 11 November 1975.
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