Jim Bacon

Australian Politician; Premier of Tasmania

Male

Born May 15, 1950

Hometown Victoria (Australia)

Died Jun 20, 2004

Death Place Hobart

Political Party Australian Labor ...

Nationality Australian

Other Names Bacon, James Alex...

James Alexander Bacon, AC was Premier of Tasmania from 1998 to 2004.

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Marilyn Monroe
Dated 1949

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Church Events, Week Of Aug. 27 Knoxville News Sentinel
Google News - Aug 26, 2011

Beaver Ridge United Methodist Church: Jim Bacon leads new adult class based on International Bible lesson series, 10 am Sunday, Aug. 28, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway. Preschool and Parent's Day Out programs, weekdays. Info: Email preschool@beaverridgeumc.com
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Vive La France! Bacon's Rebellion
Google News - Aug 25, 2011

And, next time you are in a car wreck, the EMT might be a couple of minutes late thanks to McDonnell's cuts of emergency equipment. This may not go well with assorted Baconauts and Boomergeddons. But what does Jim Bacon know anyway?
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Corridor Cleaning: Strings Attached To 29 Bypass Money The Hook
Google News - Aug 23, 2011

The conditions attached to the flood of money were first reported by Jim Bacon on his public policy website, Bacon's Rebellion. "I interpreted it as a new condition because I'd never heard it mentioned before," says Bacon. "I talked to Connaughton,
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Labor Must Stop Letting Unionists Run The Show The Australian
Google News - Aug 21, 2011

They were followed by Paul Keating, Bob Carr, Mike Rann, Steve Bracks, Peter Beattie, Jim Bacon, Clare Martin, Jon Stanhope and Geoff Gallop, who continued the tradition of balancing industrial democracy with social, economic and environmental reform
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1950 Birth Born on May 15, 1950.

TWENTIES

1973 23 Years Old Later Jim married Honey Hogan, who had been a croupier and the public face of Australia's first casino: Wrest Point Hotel Casino when it opened in 1973. … Read More

FORTIES

1996 46 Years Old Having abandoned Communism and joined the Australian Labor Party, Bacon was elected as a Member of the House of Assembly in 1996.

1997 47 Years Old He became leader of the Tasmanian Labor Party in 1997 and won the state election in 1998, defeating the Liberal Party government under Tony Rundle.

FIFTIES

2002 52 Years Old His government was re-elected in 2002 in a landslide victory for his party.

2003 53 Years Old His time in office was said to have been hugely successful, for the state economy as a whole, for his popularity with the people of the state, and also for tourism with the introduction of two more Bass Strait ferries, and beginning a ferry run between Devonport and Sydney. (However, the Sydney service has since proven unsuccessful and was discontinued in 2006.) He controversially appointed Richard Butler to the office Governor of Tasmania in 2003. … Read More

2004 54 Years Old 5 More Events

On Friday 13 February 2004, Bacon received the diagnosis that he was suffering from inoperable lung cancer.

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