Trish Cook

Patricia Ann Cook (born 1 June 1964) is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and is a member of the House of Representatives since 2025, representing the Western Australian seat of Bullwinkel. She worked as a nurse and midwife before entering politics.

Cook completed her PhD in 2026 at Edith Cowan University, and is now both a registered nurse and Doctor of Philosophy.

She was deputy shire president for the Shire of Mundaring, where she lives in Darlington, from 2023 to 2025.

Education Cook first received a General Nursing Diploma from a St John of God hospital in 1985 before getting a Midwifery diploma in 1988, and receiving her bachelor of Health Science in 1996 from Edith Cowan University (ECU). Between 1999 and 2006 she attended Curtin University gaining a graduate diploma and masters in Occupational Health and Safety. She returned to ECU in 2016 to gain a PhD.

Cook completed her PhD in 2026, her thesis titled “Patient experiences of receiving home-based immunotherapy infusions - A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study.” and briefly in the Solomon Islands. While working under Occupational Health and Safety from 1996 she worked for the oil and gas sector until 2011. From 2008 to 2011 Cook was a lecturer at Curtin University for Occupational Health and Safety. She also worked as a tutor for undergraduate students at ECU at Joondalup from 2017 to 2021.

In September 2024 the federal ALP selected Trish Cook as their candidate for the newly created Division of Bullwinkel having replaced their previous candidate MLC Kyle McGinn who was originally chosen in July by the state ALP administration, neither the ALP, McGinn, or Cook commented on why the change was made. The live sheep export ban was a contentious issue in the new electorate in the lead-up to the election. She subsequently resigned from her position as a councilor and Deputy Shire President of Mundaring on 28 May 2025. She was succeeded by councilor Luke Ellery as Deputy Shire President of Mundaring.

On 6 April 2026 at around 9:00 pm a Mazda 3 sedan crashed into Cook's Kalamunda electorate office after colliding with a Toyota Corolla, no injuries occurred.