Nat Cook
Nat Cook | |
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Cook in 2021 | |
| Member of the South Australian Parliament for Fisher | |
| In office 16 December 2014 – 17 March 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Bob Such |
| Succeeded by | District Abolished |
| Member of the South Australian Parliament for Hurtle Vale | |
| Assumed office 17 March 2018 | |
| Preceded by | New District |
| Minister for Human Services | |
| Assumed office 24 March 2022 | |
| Premier | Peter Malinauskas |
| Preceded by | Michelle Lensink |
| Minister for Seniors and Ageing Well | |
| Assumed office 20 April 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Natalie Fleur Cook 7 February 1969 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Party | Labor Party |
| Spouse |
Neil Davis (m. 2003) |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | Mitcham Girls High School Flaxmill Primary School |
| Alma mater | Flinders University |
| Profession |
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| Website | www |
Natalie Fleur Cook is an Australian politician and anti-violence campaigner. She became an anti-violence campaigner after the death of her son in a one-punch attack in 2008.
Cook is a Labor member of the South Australian House of Assembly, representing Hurtle Vale since the 2018 state election. She previously represented Fisher after winning the 2014 by-election, vacated by the death of independent member Bob Such. Cook was elected with a majority of 0.02%, a victory margin of nine votes. She represented the seat until it was abolished in the 2018 election.
Cook has served as the Minister for Human Services in the Malinauskas ministry since March 2022. Cook was previously the Parliamentary Secretary for Housing and Urban Development from September 2017 until Labor's loss at the 2018 election, after which she was the Shadow Minister for Human Services in the Labor Opposition.