| Harold Cohen | |
| Term Start: | 20 March |
| Term End: | 2 April 1935 |
| Term Start2: | 20 March |
| Term End2: | 2 April 1935 |
| Office3: | Assistant Treasurer of Victoria |
| Term Start3: | May 1932 |
| Term End3: | March 1935 |
| Assembly4: | Victorian Legislative |
| Term Start4: | 2 March 1935 |
| Term End4: | 11 June 1943 |
| Term Start5: | June 1929 |
| Term End5: | February 1935 |
| Birth Date: | 25 November 1881 |
| Party: | Nationalist Party (1929–31) United Australia Party (1931–43) |
| Allegiance: | Australia |
| Serviceyears: | 1901–1944 |
| Commands: | 2nd Infantry Brigade (1926–27) 4th Divisional Artillery (1921–26) 6th Field Artillery Brigade (1915–19) |
| Mawards: | Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration Mentioned in Despatches (3) |
Brigadier Harold Edward Cohen, (25 November 1881 – 29 October 1946) was an Australian soldier, lawyer and, like his grandfather Edward Cohen, a Victorian State politician.[1]
Cohen was the son of Montague and Annie Cohen and born in St Kilda, Melbourne. He married Freda Pirani on 4 December 1907, and they had two sons and two daughters. Cohen was educated at Xavier College where he was the first Jewish boy to attend the school. He was school captain in 1898 & President of the Old Xaverians Association from 1919-1920.
He continued his studies at Melbourne University. Prior to being a politician, Cohen was a solicitor, soldier and a company director.
In 1929, Cohen was elected as a Nationalist Party MP for Melbourne South Province in the Victorian Legislative Council. Cohen was Assistant Treasurer from 1932 until March 1935, Minister of Public Instruction and Solicitor-General from 20 March to 2 April 1935 in the government of Stanley Argyle.[2]
In 1935, he changed to the Victorian Legislative Assembly and was elected to Caulfield and was member for Caulfield until his defeat in 1943.[2]
Cohen served as Chief Commissioner of Scouts Victoria from 1919 to 1921.