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About Jim Cahill
- James Edward Cahill (15 April 1903 – 21 August 1978) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for one term from 1953 until 1956.
- He was also an indirectly elected member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1965 and 1970.
- He was a member of the Labor Party (ALP). Cahill was born in the farming community of Blackville near Quirindi, New South Wales and was the son of a schoolteacher.
- Cyril Cahill a member of the Legislative Council between 1961 and 1977, was his brother (but neither was related to ALP Premier Joe Cahill). Educated at Tamworth High School, Jim Cahill qualified as a licensed pharmacist.
- He owned a chemist's shop in Armidale and became involved in community organisations including Lions and the Chamber of Commerce.
- Having joined the local branch of the ALP in 1930, he served part-time in the Militia for 5 years.After two unsuccessful attempts, Cahill was elected to the parliament as the Labor member for Armidale at the 1953 state election.
- He defeated the incumbent Country Party member Davis Hughes by 13 votes.
- Armidale was usually considered unwinnable for Labor but the result reflected the solid swing to the party at that election.
- Cahill held the seat for only one term but remained active in the Labor Party after his defeat in 1956.
- He was subsequently indirectly elected, on the party's nomination, to a seat in the Legislative council between 1965 and 1970.
- There he filled the casual vacancy which had been caused by the death of incumbent Michael Quinn.
- He did not hold party, parliamentary or ministerial office.
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