Alan Cobcroft | |
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| Member of the Legislative Council | |
| In office 1932–1935 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sydney, New South Wales |
| Died | 5 September 1955 (aged 70) Auckland, New Zealand |
| Profession | Planter |
Alan Ridge Cobcroft (died 5 September 1955) was a Western Samoan planter and politician.
Cobcroft was the son of parents from the Sydney suburb of Summer Hill. [1] He attended Sydney Grammar School and represented the school in football, rowing and running. [1] He also played for Newtown in the Sydney Rugby Premiership as a full-back. After leaving school, he moved to Fiji in 1907 to work on the sugar plantations of C.S.R. [2] [1] He moved to Western Samoa in 1911 to manage Papaseea Plantations, and became manager of the Mulifanua Coconut Plantation during World War I. [1] After a brief stint working in the Territory of New Guinea, he returned to Western Samoa and established his own cocoa plantation. [1] He became President of the Planters Association and Vice President of Apia Turf Club. [1]
Cobcroft contested the 1932 elections to the Legislative Council with the support of the Chamber of Commerce and the Planters' Association. He was elected alongside his brother-in-law Irving Carruthers. [1] He unexpectedly lost his seat in the 1935 elections, receiving the fewest votes of the four candidates running for the two seats. [3] The following year he was amongst the founders of the United Progressive Party, becoming its first chairman. [4]
He died on 5 September 1955 in Auckland at the age of 70. [5]
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