Jim McCabe (politician)

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

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

Early life

McCabe 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.^[1]

A member of the Liberal Party, McCabe 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.^[2] He died in January 2019 at the age of 96.^[3]