Steph Cooke | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Office: | Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience |
Predecessor: | David Elliott |
Successor: | Jihad Dib |
Office1: | Minister for Flood Recovery |
Predecessor1: | Position created |
Successor1: | Position abolished |
Parliament2: | New South Wales |
Term Start2: | 14 October 2017 |
Predecessor2: | Katrina Hodgkinson |
Constituency Mp2: | Cootamundra |
Birth Place: | Temora, New South Wales, Australia[1] |
Party: | National Party |
Residence: | Young[2] |
Spouse: | Keith Duran[3] |
Stephanie Anne Cooke is an Australian politician. Cooke served as the Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience in the Perrottet ministry from December 2021 to March 2023. During the New South Wales floods in February to March 2022, Cooke was additionally appointed Minister for Flood Recovery to oversee the flood recovery. She has been a Nationals member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since 14 October 2017, representing Cootamundra since a by-election held to replace Katrina Hodgkinson.[4]
Cooke was a florist before entering politics and ran a business, Native Botanical, with outlets in Cootamundra, Temora and Young. In 2017, her business was recognised as NSW Florist of the Year.[5]