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Jim Cairns

Australian politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (1914-2003)
Person human Q1689055

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[15]
Date of birth
October 4, 1914
Date of death
October 12, 2003
Place of birth
Carlton
Place of death
Narre Warren East
Country of citizenship
Australia[7]
Occupation
economist, politician
Position held
member of the Australian House of Representatives, member of the Australian House of Representatives, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, Treasurer of Australia, Minister for the Environment, Minister for Trade and Tourism, Minister for Industry and Innovation[8][9][10][11][12][13]
Educated at
University of Melbourne[14]
Member of political party
Australian Labor Party[16]
Work location
Canberra[18]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[19]
Given name
Jim[17]
Name in native language
Jim Cairns[20]
Writing language
English[21]
🏷️ Also known as
en James Ford Cairns en Jim Cairns ar جيم كيرنز fr James Ford Cairns he ג'ים קיירנס ko 제임스 포드 케언스 ko 짐 케언스 zh 吉姆·凯恩斯 zh 吉姆·凱恩斯
🔖 Identifiers · 25
ISNI
0000000082326370
VIAF cluster ID
52930448
Library of Congress authority ID
n50033160
GND ID
1081401451
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
JimCairns1962.jpg ↗
Dodis ID
P50553
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/James-Ford-Cairns
FAST ID
11164
Freebase ID
/m/01rxdk
Munzinger person ID
00000014085
NLA Trove people ID
458955
NUKAT ID
n2016001424
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National Library of Israel ID (old)
000407970
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007270806705171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810579878605606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
068565712
Obituaries Australia ID
cairns-jim-32945
Our Campaigns candidate ID
592909
Parliament of Australia MP ID
1V4
People Australia ID
32945
Prabook ID
1299940
SNAC ARK ID
w6pd1vtn
WikiTree person ID
Cairns-2103
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJhH6PKphFKgPpXWDbymVC
Yale LUX ID
person/eeabb954-b69b-45bf-b184-fa087c3082dc

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 2
politician, economist
Position held 2
Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, Treasurer of Australia
Country of citizenship 1
Australia
Educated at 1
University of Melbourne
Given name 1
Jim
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of political party 1
Australian Labor Party
Place of birth 1
Carlton
Sex or gender 1
male
Work location 1
Canberra
Writing language 1
English
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Summary

Jim Cairns was born on October 4, 1914[1], in Carlton[2]. He died on October 12, 2003[3], in Narre Warren East[4]. He worked as an economist[5] and politician[6].

FAQs

Where was Jim Cairns born?

Jim Cairns's place of birth was Carlton[2].

Where did Jim Cairns die?

Jim Cairns died in Narre Warren East[4].

What did Jim Cairns do for work?

Jim Cairns worked as an economist[5] and politician[6].

Where did Jim Cairns go to school?

Jim Cairns was educated at University of Melbourne[14].

Related Entities

Australia Canberra

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [3] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Timsherratt · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parliament of Australia MP ID → 1V4
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  2. 25w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Educated at → —
    Writing language → English
    Given name → Jim
    Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID → biography/James-Ford-Cairns
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