Peter Cox

Peter Francis Cox AO (4 December 1925 – 6 October 2008)

Political career In 1949 Cox joined the Labor Party. He won preselection for the New South Wales state seat of Auburn at 39 and entered the Legislative Assembly at the 1965 election, when Labor, then led by Jack Renshaw, lost power. He retained the seat until his retirement in 1988.

Cox became the opposition transport spokesman in 1968 and was noted for his catchphrases such as the "rustbucket railway" and "Calga deathway",

Cox died in Mona Vale on , survived by Olive and their five children. He was also made a Knight of St. Gregory.