Barry Cohen

Barry Cohen

Barry Cohen (born 3 April 1935) is a former Australian politician. He was born in Griffith, New South Wales and educated at Griffith High School, Sydney Grammar School and North Sydney Technical High School. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the Australian National University. He was a businessman before entering politics. He married Rae O'Neill in October 1959 and they have three sons. [cite book
title = Who's Who in Australia
publisher = Crown Contents
date = 2008
location = North Melbourne
pages =2303
url = http://www.crowncontent.com.au
isbn = 1 74095 160 3
]

Cohen was the federal member for the seat of Robertson from 1969 until his retirement before the 1990 elections. Following the Australian Labor Party's win of the 1983 election, he was Minister for Home Affairs and the Environment from 1983 to 1984 and then Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Environment until 1987 in Bob Hawke's government. cite web
title =Biography for Cohen, the Hon. Barry
publisher =Parliament of Australia
work=ParlInfo Web
url =http://parlinfoweb.aph.gov.au/piweb/view_document.aspx?id=8031&table=BIOGS
accessdate = 2007-12-01
]

He has written a number of books on political anedotes and an autobiography: [cite web
title =Barry Cohen
publisher =Celebrity Speakers
url =http://www.celebrityspeakers.com.au/brspeaker_bio.asp?Speaker_Index_Text=368
accessdate = 2007-12-01
]

*Life with Gough (1996)
*From Whitlam to Winston (1997)
*The Almost Complete Gough (2001)
*The Life Of The Party - Political Anecdotes (1987)

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NAME = Barry , Cohen
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH = 3 April 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH = Griffith, New South Wales
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