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The Cahill ministry (1953–1956) or Second Cahill ministry was the 56th ministry of the
New South Wales Government
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, and was led by the 29th
Premier
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A premier will normally be a head of govern ...
,
Joe Cahill
Joe Cahill (; 19 May 1920 – 23 July 2004) was a prominent figure in the Irish republican movement in Northern Ireland and former chief of staff of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). He joined a junior-republican movement, Na Fia ...
, of the
Labor Party. The ministry was the second 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
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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
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, and
third
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* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
* , a fraction of one third
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ministries of
Jim McGirr
James McGirr (6 February 1890 – 27 October 1957) was an Australian politician. He served as premier of New South Wales from 1947 to 1952, holding office as leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He led the party to victory at the 1947 an ...
, 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. Labor had lost its majority at the
1950 state election and McGirr resigned as Premier on 2 April 1952, with Cahill elected as
Labor Leader and became Premier.
Cahill led Labor to victory at the
1953 state election, gaining 11 seats and regaining its majority.
The main changes from the first Cahill ministry were that
Frank Finnan, the Minister for Labour, Industry and Social Welfare whose electorate of
Darlinghurst
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was abolished, he lost a preselection contest for
Concord
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Meaning "agreement"
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, and failed to win
Albury
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and
Joshua Arthur
Joshua George Arthur (27 January 1906 – 20 May 1974) was an Australian schoolteacher and politician who represented the Electoral district of Hamilton (New South Wales), Hamilton and Electoral district of Kahibah, Kahibah districts for the New ...
voluntarily stood down as a minister pending a
Royal Commission concerning his relationship with Reginald Doyle in the lead-up to the
state election on 14 February 1953.
This ministry covers the period from 23 February 1953 until 15 March 1956, when Cahill led Labor to victory at the
1956 state election and the
Third Cahill ministry was formed.
Composition of ministry
The composition of the ministry was announced by Premier Cahill following the 1953 state election on 23 February 1953. There was a minor rearrangement of the ministry in September 1953, triggered by the death of the Minister for Transport,
Clarrie Martin, on 5 September 1953.
Cahill briefly held the Transport portfolio for nine days before he took the opportunity to make a minor rearrangement of the ministry. The second rearrangement of the ministry was triggered by Cahill forcing the resignation of the Minister for Housing and Minister for Co-operative Societies.
Clive Evatt.
Ministers are members of the
Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted.
See also
Notes
References
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