Tom Cahill
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Thomas Cahill was an Australia
n politician, affiliated with the Australian Labor Party
and elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
.
The son of Joseph Cahill
, premier of New South Wales from 1952 to 1959, and his wife Esme, he was born in Marrickville, New South Wales
. He was educated at De La Salle College, Marrickville
, and then became a bank officer, working with the Rural Bank for nineteen years. He served in the Second Australian Imperial Force
, 31/51st Battalion, from 1942 to 1946 in New Guinea
and the Solomon Islands
.
Cahill joined the Clemton park branch of the Australian Labor Party
in 1953 and was elected to the Legislative Assembly as member for Cook's River
in 1959. He represented this electorate until the 1973 election, when he moved to the seat of Marrickville
, which he held until his death in 1983 at Kingsgrove, New South Wales
.
He married Valerie Bryant on 5 February 1949, and they had one daughter and three sons.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n politician, affiliated with the Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
and elected as 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...
.
The son of Joseph Cahill
Joseph Cahill
John Joseph Cahill was Premier of New South Wales in Australia from 1952 to 1959. He is best remembered as the Premier who approved construction on the Sydney Opera House, and for his work increasing the authority of local government in the state.-Early years:Joe Cahill, as he was popularly known,...
, premier of New South Wales from 1952 to 1959, and his wife Esme, he was born in Marrickville, New South Wales
Marrickville, New South Wales
Marrickville, a suburb of Sydney's Inner West is located 7 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district in the state of New South Wales, Australia and is the largest suburb in the Marrickville Council local government area...
. He was educated at De La Salle College, Marrickville
Casimir Catholic College
Casimir Catholic College is a co-educational Roman Catholic high school in the Sydney suburb of Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia.-History:...
, and then became a bank officer, working with the Rural Bank for nineteen years. He served in the Second Australian Imperial Force
Second Australian Imperial Force
The Second Australian Imperial Force was the name given to the volunteer personnel of the Australian Army in World War II. Under the Defence Act , neither the part-time Militia nor the full-time Permanent Military Force could serve outside Australia or its territories unless they volunteered to...
, 31/51st Battalion, from 1942 to 1946 in New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
and the Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
.
Cahill joined the Clemton park branch of the Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
in 1953 and was elected to the Legislative Assembly as member for Cook's River
Electoral district of Cook's River
Cook's River was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1941, partly replacing Arncliffe, and named after inner southwestern Sydney's Cooks River. It was abolished in 1973....
in 1959. He represented this electorate until the 1973 election, when he moved to the seat of Marrickville
Electoral district of Marrickville
Marrickville is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is a 13.47 km² urban electorate in Sydney's inner west, centred on the suburb of Marrickville from which it takes its name...
, which he held until his death in 1983 at Kingsgrove, New South Wales
Kingsgrove, New South Wales
Kingsgrove is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Kingsgrove is located 13 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and lies across the local government areas of the City of Rockdale, the City of Hurstville and the City of Canterbury...
.
He married Valerie Bryant on 5 February 1949, and they had one daughter and three sons.