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Jim Cavanagh (James Luke Cavanagh) was born on 21 June, 1913 in Rosewater, South Australia, is an Australian politician. Discover Jim Cavanagh's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?
| Popular As |
James Luke Cavanagh |
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| Age |
77 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Gemini |
| Born |
21 June, 1913 |
| Birthday |
21 June |
| Birthplace |
Rosewater, South Australia |
| Date of death |
19 August, 1990 |
| Died Place |
Woodville, South Australia |
| Nationality |
Australia
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Jim Cavanagh Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Jim Cavanagh's Wife?
His wife is Elfrieda Lamm (m. 1941)
| Family |
| Parents |
James Luke Cavanagh and Isobella Cavanagh nee Buckton |
| Wife |
Elfrieda Lamm (m. 1941) |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
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Not Available |
Jim Cavanagh Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Jim Cavanagh worth at the age of 77 years old? Jim Cavanagh’s income source is mostly from being a successful politician. He is from Australia. We have estimated Jim Cavanagh's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
politician |
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Timeline
James Luke Cavanagh (21 June 1913 – 19 August 1990) was an Australian trade unionist and politician.
Cavanagh was born on 21 June 1913 in Paddington, South Australia.
He was the youngest of three children born to Isobella (née Buckton) and James Luke Cavanagh.
His father, a boilermaker by profession, was politically active and served on the Port Adelaide City Council.
Cavanagh grew up in Adelaide's inner suburbs, attending St Catherine's Dominican School in North Adelaide and the Christian Brothers' School at Ovingham.
He left school at the age of 14 and began working as a labourer, but struggled to find work during the Great Depression and was frequently unemployed.
By the early 1930s he had joined his older brother in working as a plasterer.
In 1941, Cavanagh married Elfrieda Lamm, with whom he had three children.
Prior to entering parliament he was an influential union leader as secretary of the Plasterers' Society of South Australia from 1945 to 1962.
In 1945, Cavanagh was elected secretary of the Plasterers' Society of South Australia, a position he would hold until he entered the Senate in 1962.
Cavanagh was elected to the Senate at the 1961 election.
A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), he was a Senator for South Australia from 1962 to 1981 and held ministerial office in the Whitlam government as Minister for Works (1972–1973), Aboriginal Affairs (1973–1975), and Police and Customs (1975).
He later served as national president of the Operative Plasterers' and Plaster Workers' Federation of Australia from 1967 to 1971.
Cavanagh frequently appeared in the Industrial Court of South Australia and won a number of favourable award rulings for the plasterers.
According to his biographer Malcolm Saunders, he turned the union into "possibly the most militant and tightly disciplined union in South Australia and in so doing made himself one of the most publicly visible trade union leaders in the state, feared, if not hated, by builders, but greatly respected in the trade union and labour movements".
He was Minister for Works from 1972 to 1973, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs from 1973 to 1975 and Minister for Police and Customs in 1975.
He did not stand for re-election at the 1980 election and retired from the Senate in June 1981.
He died on 19 August 1990 in Woodville, South Australia, having been widowed several months earlier.
