Frederick Joseph Cahill (16 July 1898 – 5 November 1980) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...

 from 1941 until 1959 . He was a member of the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

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 (ALP).

Black was born in Ballina, New South Wales

Ballina, New South Wales

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. He was the son of a timber feller and was educated at Parramatta Marist High School

Parramatta Marist High School

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 and St Joseph's, Lochinvar

All Saints College, St Joseph's Campus

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. He initially worked as a journalist and moved to Young in 1923 as a reporter for the Young Daily Witness. He was the director of publicity for Newcastle City Council

Newcastle City Council

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 between 1934 and 1940. In 1934 he helped establish the New South Wales Country Rugby League

New South Wales Country Rugby League

-2011 Tier 2 Championships:-History:Newcastle was the first city outside Sydney to start a league competition, being involved in the Sydney Premiership in 1908-09 and then starting their own competition in 1910....

. During World War 1, Cahill served with the Australian Imperial Forces and was wounded in France. In the Second World War he served with the Royal Australian Air Force

Royal Australian Air Force

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 until 1941. At the 1941

New South Wales state election, 1941

The 1941 New South Wales state election was held on 10 May 1941. This election was for all of the 90 seats in the 33nd New South Wales Legislative Assembly and was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting....

 state election, Cahill was elected as the Labor Party member for Young

Electoral district of Young

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 defeating the sitting Country Party

National Party of Australia

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 member Albert Reid

Albert Reid

Albert David Reid was an Australian politician. Born in Murrumburrah, New South Wales, he was educated at state schools before becoming a farmer and grazier at Crowther. He sat on Murrumburrah Shire Council before serving in the military in 1914.In 1927, he was elected to the New South Wales...

. He remained the member for Young until he retired at the 1959

New South Wales state election, 1959

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 election. He did not hold ministerial or party office. Cahill was awarded an MBE and the French National Order of Merit

Ordre National du Mérite

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