Kevin Cairns (Australian politician)

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Kevin Michael Kiernan Cairns (15 May 1929 – 6 July 1984), Australian politician and Minister for Housing.

Cairns was born and educated in Sydney. He qualified as a dentist and pnce in parliament also gained degrees in arts and economics. At the 1963 election he was elected as the Liberal member of the House of Representatives seat of Lilley in Queensland. He was Minister for Housing in the junior ministry of William McMahon from 22 March 1971 to the defeat of the McMahon government at the 1972 election, when he lost his own seat by 35 votes. He won Lilley back at the 1974 election, but was again defeated at the 1980 election.^[1][2]

Cairns worked as an economic consultant for the Queensland Tourist and Travel Corporation and Mount Isa Mines. He was a member of the Independent Air Fares Committee under the Fraser and the Hawke governments, when the federal government regulated airfares on interstate routes. He eventually became President of the Queensland Economic Society. He was survived by his wife, Tonia and their four sons and three daughters.^[3][4]

Cairns was the uncle of Clare Martin, a Labor Party politician who was Chief Minister of the Northern Territory from 2001 to 2007.^[5]

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Political offices
Preceded by Dame Annabelle Rankin	Minister for Housing 1971 – 1972	Succeeded by Les Johnson
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Donald James Cameron	Member for Lilley 1963 – 1972	Succeeded by Frank Doyle
Preceded by Frank Doyle	Member for Lilley 1974 – 1980	Succeeded by Elaine Darling

Persondata
NAME	Cairns, Kevin Michael Kiernan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	15 May 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sydney
DATE OF DEATH	6 July 1984
PLACE OF DEATH