Jim McCabe (politician)

Australian politician (1922–2019)

Jim McCabe

Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Lowan
In office
27 June 1964 – 28 April 1967
Preceded by| Wilfred Mibus
Succeeded by| Ray Buckley
In office
30 May 1970 – 4 May 1979
Preceded by| Ray Buckley
Succeeded by| Bill McGrath
Personal details
Born|

James Edmund McCabe

(1922-10-07)7 October 1922
Nhill, Victoria
Died| 24 January 2019(2019-01-24) (aged 96)
Nationality| Australian
Political party| Liberal Party
Other political
affiliations| Liberal and Country Party
Spouse|

Florence Hope Eastick

(m. 1947)​

Occupation| Stock and station agent, butcher, farmer
Military service
Allegiance| Australia
Branch/service| Australian Army
Years of service| 1940–1946
Rank| Corporal

James Edmund McCabe (7 October 1922 – 24 January 2019) was an Australian politician.

## Early life[edit]

He was born in Nhill to farmer Roy Clifton McCabe and schoolteacher Margaret Maud Renkin, and was educated at local state schools. He became a stock and station agent, and also worked as a butcher at Dimboola before becoming a farmer at Gerung Gerung. During World War II he served with the Australian Imperial Force in the Middle East and Borneo, and on 26 February 1947 he married Florence Hope Eastick, with whom he had four children. A member of the Liberal Party, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1964 as the member for Lowan. Defeated in 1967, he was returned in 1970 and held the seat until his defeat in 1979.[1] He died in January 2019 at the age of 96.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Parliament of Victoria (2001). "McCabe, James Edmund". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
2. ^ JAMES McCABE Obituary

Victorian Legislative Assembly

Preceded by

Wilfred Mibus

|  Member for Lowan
1964-1967  | Succeeded by

Ray Buckley

Preceded by

Ray Buckley

|  Member for Lowan
1970-1979  | Succeeded by

Bill McGrath
*[m.]: married