John Joseph Cahill

Premier & Colonial Treasurer   3.4.1952 - 23.2.1953
(Cahill Ministry No.55  3.4.1952 - 23.2.1953)

Premier & Colonial Treasurer   23.2.1953 - 15.3.1956
(Cahill Ministry No.56  23.2.1953 - 15.3.1956)

Premier & Colonial Treasurer   15.3.1956 - 1.4.1959
(Cahill Ministry No.57  15.3.1956 - 1.4.1959)

Premier & Treasurer   1.4.1959 - 22.10.1959
(Cahill Ministry No.58  1.4.1959 - 28.10.1959)

Born Redfern, Sydney, 21 January 1891 son of Thomas, railway worker, and Ellen Glynn.

Educated Marrickville convent and Patrician Brothers’ College, Redfern. 

Apprenticed as fitter at Eveleigh workshop and dismissed for part in 1917 strike. 

Unemployed or variously employed, branch officer Amalgamated Engineering Union. 

Leader Labor Party 1952-1959.  Member for St George 1925-1930, Arncliffe 1930-1932, 1935-1941, Cooks River 1941-1959;
Premier and Treasurer 1952-1959.

Married Esme Kelly Marrickville 1922. Three sons and two daughters.

Died 22 October 1959.  From St Mary’s Cathedral Sydney to Catholic section Rookwood cemetery.