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Thomas James Burns OAM (27 October 19314 June 2007) was an Australian politician who led the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in Queensland between 1974 and 1978 and was Deputy Premier of Queensland between 1989 and 1996.〔Crown Content, ''Who's Who in Australia 2007'' page 369〕 He served as the Member for Lytton in the Parliament of Queensland between 1972 and 1996. Burns had previously served as the Federal President of the ALP between 1970 and 1973, playing a key role in modernising the party prior to the election of Gough Whitlam as the Prime Minister of Australia in 1972.〔(''The Australian'', "Queensland Labor stalwart found dead" 4 June 2006 )〕 ==Early life and career== Tom Burns was born in Maryborough, Queensland in October 1931. After attending Brisbane Grammar School, he spent six years in the Royal Australian Air Force before becoming involved in politics.〔(ABC News "Former deputy Qld premier Burns dies" 4 June 2007 )〕 Burns worked as an organiser for the Labor Party between 1960 and 1965 before his promotion to the position as Queensland State Secretary of the ALP. As State Secretary, he played a critical role in persuading the Queensland delegates to the National Executive to vote against the expulsion of Whitlam from the ALP in 1966.〔Ross McMullin, ''The Light on the Hill: The Australian Labor Party 1891-1991'' page 312〕 Senior people wanted Burns to become the National Secretary of the Australian Labor Party in 1969 where he would run the party's campaign in the 1969 Federal election. When he was reluctant, Mick Young was appointed as the National Secretary. .〔Ross McMullin, ''The Light on the Hill: The Australian Labor Party 1891-1991'' page 324〕 He was elected as the National President of the ALP in 1970. Burns was heavily involved in Federal intervention in the New South Wales and Victorian branches, conducting a report into the affairs of the NSW Branch and taking over administrative responsibility with Young for the Victorian Branch. His report on the NSW Branch was critical of the running of the 1968 preselection of Paul Keating as the candidate for the Division of Blaxland. The Federal intervention into the Victorian and NSW branches was a critical factor in Labor's success in the 1972 Federal election.〔Ross McMullin, ''The Light on the Hill: The Australian Labor Party 1891-1991'' page 330-333〕 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「Tom Burns (Australian politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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