NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Jim Bacon

James Alexander Bacon AC (May 15, 1950 - June 20, 2004) was Premier of Tasmania from 1998 to 2004. Bacon was born in Melbourne; his father Frank, a doctor, died when his son was twelve, leaving him to be raised by his mother Joan. He was educated at Scotch College and later at Monash University, but he did not graduate. At Monash he was a Maoist student leader. He became an official of the Builders Labourers Federation, which sent him to Tasmania as an organiser. He later became leader of the trade union movement as Secretary of the Tasmanian Trades & Labor Council. Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in Tasmania. ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (81st in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Paul Anthony Lennon (born 8 October 1955), Australian politician, has been Premier of Tasmania since 21 March 2004. ... Tony Rundle was the Premier of the Australian State of Tasmania from 1996 to 1998. ... Paul Anthony Lennon (born 8 October 1955), Australian politician, has been Premier of Tasmania since 21 March 2004. ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... Capital Melbourne Government Const. ... June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. ... Capital Hobart Government Const. ... Map of Denison The Division of Denison, Tasmania is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly or lower house. ... The Australian Labor Party (ALP) is Australias oldest political party. ... Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, wearing on her left shoulder the Order of Australias Sovereign Badge. ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Premiers of the Australian states are the heads of the executive governments in the six states of the Commonwealth of Australia. ... Capital Hobart Government Const. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... For other schools named Scotch College, see Scotch College. ... Menzies Building at the Clayton Campus Monash University is Australias largest university with about 55,000 students. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Categories: Stub | Australian trade unions ... The Tasmanian Trades & Labor Council, also known as Unions Tasmania, is a representative body of trade union organisations in the State of Tasmania, Australia. ...

Having abandoned Communism and joined the Australian Labor Party, Bacon was elected as a Member of the House of Assembly in 1996. He became leader of the Labor Party in 1997 and won the state election in 1998, defeating the Liberal Party government under Tony Rundle. His government was re-elected in 2002 in a landslide victory for his party. Communism is an ideology that seeks to establish a classless, stateless social organization based on common ownership of the means of production. ... The Australian Labor Party (ALP) is Australias oldest political party. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. ... Tony Rundle was the Premier of the Australian State of Tasmania from 1996 to 1998. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

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. Bass Strait (IPA /bÃ¦s/) is a sea strait separating Tasmania from the south of the Australian mainland (Victoria in particular). ... Devonport City Council shown in green in map of Tasmania Devonport is a city in the north-west of Tasmania, Australia, at the mouth of the Mersey River. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of over 4,200,000 people[1]. Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales. ... Richard Butler (born May 13, 1942) served as an Australian diplomat, United Nations weapons inspector, and Governor of Tasmania. ... List of Governors of Tasmania Note that Tasmania was called Van Diemens Land until 1855 (see History of Tasmania). ...

On February 23, 2004, Bacon announced he was standing aside as Premier, after revealing that he had been diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer ten days earlier, and that he wanted to spend with his family and friends whatever time was left to him. Paul Lennon, who had been Deputy Premier, succeeded Bacon as Premier. February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lung cancer is the malignant transformation and expansion of lung tissue, and is the most lethal of all cancers worldwide, responsible for 1. ... Paul Anthony Lennon (born 8 October 1955), Australian politician, has been Premier of Tasmania since 21 March 2004. ...

Bacon, a 35-year smoker, died as a result of the cancer on June 20, 2004, at Calvary Hospital in Hobart. A state funeral was held on June 25; many state and federal politicians (from both major parties) attended, including Liberal Prime Minister John Howard, all the state Premiers, Opposition Leader Mark Latham, former Opposition Leader Simon Crean, and former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939), Australian politician, is the Prime Minister of Australia. ... Mark William Latham (born 28 February 1961), a former Australian politician, was Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition from December 2003 to January 2005. ... Simon Findlay Crean (born 26 February 1949) an Australian politician, was leader of the Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition at the Federal level, from November 2001 to 2 December 2003. ... Edward Gough Whitlam AC QC (born 11 July 1916), known as Gough Whitlam (, pronounced Goff), Australian politician and 21st Prime Minister of Australia. ...

Bacon was posthumously awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa from the University of Tasmania in August 2004, and his appointment as a Companion of the Order of Australia in June 2005. (The Order of Australia is not awarded posthumously, but Bacon had been nominated before his death.) Doctor of Laws (Latin: Legum Doctor, LL.D) is a doctorate-level academic degree in law. ... Honoris causa (plural: Causae) is a Latin term meaning for the sake of honor, abbreviated as . ... The University of Tasmania (also abbreviated as UTAS, UTas or Tas Uni) is a well-regarded Australian university, with three campuses in Tasmania. ... Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, wearing on her left shoulder the Order of Australias Sovereign Badge. ...

He had two sons, Mark and Scott, from a twenty year defacto relationship with Lynette Francis. He also had a stepson, Shane. He had four sisters: Wendy, Jenny, Mary and Janet.

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