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Mr Thomas James CAHILL (1924 - 1983)

  • Date of Birth: 12/02/1924
  • Place of Birth: Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia
  • Date of Death: 23/06/1983
  • Place of Death: Kingsgrove, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Parliament Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly12 Dec 195923 Jun 198323yr(s) 6mth(s) 12day(s)
Member for Cook's River12 Dec 19595 Feb 19622yr(s) 1mth(s) 25day(s)39th (1950 - 1953)
Member for Cook's River3 Mar 196231 Mar 19653yr(s) 29day(s)40th (1962 - 1965)
Member for Cook's River1 May 196523 Jan 19682yr(s) 8mth(s) 23day(s)41st (1965 - 1968)
Member for Cook's River24 Feb 196813 Jan 19712yr(s) 10mth(s) 21day(s)42nd (1968 - 1971)
Member for Cook's River13 Feb 197119 Oct 19732yr(s) 8mth(s) 7day(s)43rd (1971 - 1973)
Member for Marrickville17 Nov 19732 Apr 19762yr(s) 4mth(s) 17day(s)44th (1973 - 1976)
Member for Marrickville1 May 197612 Sep 19782yr(s) 4mth(s) 12day(s)45th (1976 - 1978)
Member for Marrickville7 Oct 197828 Aug 19812yr(s) 10mth(s) 22day(s)46th (1978 - 1981)
Member for Marrickville19 Sep 198123 Jun 19831yr(s) 9mth(s) 5day(s)47th (1981 - 1984)
Chairman of Committees25 May 197612 Sep 19782yr(s) 3mth(s) 19day(s)
Chairman of Committees7 Nov 197828 Aug 19812yr(s) 9mth(s) 22day(s)
Chairman of Committees19 Sep 198123 Jun 19831yr(s) 9mth(s) 5day(s)

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP). Joined in 1953, member of Clemton Park, later Kingsgrove central branch.


Qualifications, occupations and interests

Bank officer. Educated at De La Salle College, Marrickville. Bank officer with the Rural Bank for nineteen years; corporal member of United Bank Officers' Association from 1940 until 1953


Military Service

Served in 2nd Australian Imperial Forces from 1942 until 1946, 31/51st Battalion, New Guinea and Solomon Islands


Personal

Son of John Joseph Cahill, also a Member of the Legislative Assembly, and his wife Esme Kelly. Married Valerie Bryant on 5 February 1949 and had issue, 1 daughter and 3 sons.


Additional Information



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