Honours
Cook was appointed to the Privy Council on 16 July 1914. He was knighted in 1918 as Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG).
In 1972, he was honoured on a postage stamp bearing his portrait issued by Australia Post.
Cook is the only Prime Minister up to Gough Whitlam who does not have a federal electorate named after him. Although there is a seat called Cook, that was named not after the Prime Minister but after Captain James Cook. To resolve the problem, the Australian Electoral Commission has stated that the seat should be considered to be named for both of them.
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