Henry Cohen (judge)

Henry Emanuel Cohen (1 December 1840 – 5 January 1912) was a judge and politician in New South Wales, Australia. [1]

Cohen was born in Port Macquarie, New South Wales,[1] the second son of Abraham Cohen of Sydney, and entered as a student at the Middle Temple in October 1868.[2] In June 1871 he was called to the English bar, and returned to Sydney, where he was admitted to the local bar.[2]

On 21 December 1874 Cohen was elected for West Maitland in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.[3] He was Colonial Treasurer in the James Farnell Ministry from December 1877 to December 1878. In May 1881 he was appointed District Court Judge for the Sydney Metropolitan and Coast District, but resigned the position, and re-entered politics, being Minister of Justice in the Alexander Stuart Cabinet from January 1883 to October 1885.[2]

Cohen was appointed acting judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales on 19 July 1895, and in 1896 accepted an offer of a permanent position on the bench.[1] Cohen was inaugural president of the Arbitration Court, 1 April 1902 to 3 July 1905.[1][4]

Fanny, Lady Benjamin (c. 1839 – 18 February 1912), wife of Sir Benjamin Benjamin, MLC and mayor of Melbourne, was a sister.

References
  1. Bergman, G. F. J. "Cohen, Henry Emanuel (1840–1912)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 3 December 2013 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  2. Mennell, Philip (1892). "Cohen, Hon. Henry Emanuel" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  3. "Mr Henry Emanuel Cohen (1840-1912)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  4. Moore, Andrew (2003). "Ch 3 Henry Emanuel Cohen (1902-1918)". In Patmore, Greg (ed.). Laying the Foundations of Industrial Justice: The Presidents of the Industrial Relations Commission of NSW, 1902-1998. Federation Press. ISBN 9781862874633.
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Lewis Levy		 Member for West Maitland
1874–1880		 Succeeded by
James Fulford
Preceded by
James Fulford		 Member for West Maitland
1882–1885		 Succeeded by
Richard Thompson


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