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The Cahill ministry (1959) or Fourth Cahill ministry was the 58th ministry of the
New South Wales Government
The Government of New South Wales, also known as the NSW Government, is the Australian state democratic administrative authority of New South Wales. It is currently held by a coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Party. The Governme ...
, and was led by the 29th
Premier,
Joe Cahill
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, of the
Labor Party. The ministry was the fourth and final of four consecutive occasions when the Government was led by Cahill, as Premier.
Cahill was first elected to the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
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in 1925 and served until 1932, representing the seats of
St George and
Arncliffe before being defeated. He was re-elected in 1935, again representing Arncliffe, and then represented
Cook's River between 1941 and 1959. Having served continuously as
Secretary for Public Works in the
first
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,
second, and
third ministries of
Jim McGirr, when Deputy Premier
Jack Baddeley
John Marcus Baddeley (20 November 1881 – 1 July 1953) was an Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 25 March 1922 to 8 September 1949.
Early life
Baddeley was born in Burslem, Staffordshire, England ...
resigned, Cahill was appointed as McGirr's deputy on 21 September 1949. McGirr resigned as Premier several years later, on 2 April 1952, and Cahill was elected as
Labor Leader
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and became Premier.
Cahill led Labor to victory at the
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yug ...
,
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, ar ...
, and
1959
Events January
* January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...
state elections. Ministers mostly retained their portfolios from the second Cahill ministry. The main changes were that
John McGrath retired at the 1959 election,
William Gollan was dropped from the ministry, while
Pat Hills
Patrick Darcy Hills (31 December 1917 – 22 April 1992) was a New South Wales politician. He served in various high offices across the state most notably the Deputy Premier of New South Wales, Leader of the Opposition and as the Lord Mayor ...
and
Norm Ryan were promoted.
Some ministerial titles were changed, dropping colonial and changing secretary to minister for lands, mines and public works.
This ministry covers the period from 1 April when Cahill won the 1959 state election, until 28 October 1959.
On 22 October 1959 Cahill, a heavy smoker, died at
Sydney Hospital of a
myocardial infarction
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while still serving as Premier.
Cahill's deputy,
Bob Heffron succeeded Cahill as Premier.
Composition of ministry
The composition of the ministry was announced by Premier Cahill following the 1959 state election on 1 April 1959, and covers the period until 28 October 1959, when the ministry was reconfigured as the
First Heffron ministry.
Ministers are members of the
Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted.
See also
Notes
References
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