death_date children birth_date alt birthname term_end restingplace constituency death_place order term_start spouse image name caption deputy predecessor birth_place party successor article_title
22 october 1959 tom cahill 21 january 1891 joe cahill in 1956 john joseph cahill 22 october 1959 rookwood cemetery cook 's river sydney , new south wales , australia 29th , 1956 , 1959 premier of new south wales elections : 1953 2 april 1952 esmey mary kelly jj cahill.jpg joe cahill joe cahill in 1956 bob heffron james mcgirr redfern , new south wales australian labor party bob heffron joseph cahill

joseph cahill

john joseph cahill -lrb- 21 january 189122 october 1959 -rrb- 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 .
