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John Joseph Cahill (21 January 189122 October 1959) was Premier of New South Wales from 1952 to 1959. He is best remembered as the Premier who approved construction on the Sydney Opera House, and for his work increasing the authority of local government in the state. ==Early years== Joe Cahill, as he was popularly known, was born in the inner-Sydney suburb of Redfern, and was educated at St Brigid's convent school, Marrickville and the Patrician Brothers' College, both close to central Sydney. He became an apprentice at the Eveleigh Railway Workshops in 1916. Politically active even at the age of fifteen, he was even more politically active during his twenties. He opposed Conscription in 1916, and lost his railway job in 1917 after taking part in a workers' strike. After that, he had difficulty finding permanent employment, working in many temporary jobs (including selling insurance for a year) when working at all. During the early 1920s, though, his prospects improved; and in 1922, he married Esmey Mary Kelly. The first attempt Cahill made to enter New South Wales's parliament, in 1917, failed. He ran on an Australian Labor Party ticket for the Legislative Assembly seat of Dulwich Hill that year, but was defeated. Eight years later, he won another Sydney constituency, St George. He was never among the close allies of ALP Premier (and fellow-Catholic) Jack Lang, and his progress in the ALP was delayed by false rumours that in 1927 he had been bribed to help bring down the Lang government; these rumours were repeated by Lang's own newspaper, ''Labor Daily''. With the abolition of St George in 1930, Cahill ran for Arncliffe and was appointed party whip. He failed to be re-elected in 1932 in the anti-Lang landslide. This defeat, nevertheless, proved to be only a temporary setback. In 1935, Cahill returned to Parliament, again as Member for Arncliffe. He remained in Parliament for the rest of his life, although when Arncliffe was abolished in 1941, he switched to the new electorate of Cook's River. Also in 1941, William McKell became the new ALP Premier, defeating the anti-ALP administration of Alexander Mair. Once in office, McKell appointed Cahill to the job of Secretary for Public Works. In 1944 Cahill became Minister for Local Government, a position he would hold for eight years; he used this position to augment local governments' powers. He established the State Dockyard at Newcastle and the State Brickworks at Homebush Bay. In addition, he supervised the establishment of the Electricity Authority, which brought electricity to much of rural New South Wales, and the Cumberland County Council plan. James McGirr (who in 1947 took over the premiership from McKell) made Cahill Deputy Premier in 1949.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph Cahill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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