Tom Burns (Australian politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
About Tom Burns (Australian politician)
- Thomas James Burns AO (27 October 1931 – 4 June 2007) was an Australian politician who led the Labor Party (ALP) in Queensland between 1974 and 1978 and was Deputy Premier of Queensland between 1989 and 1996.
- He served as the Member for Lytton in the Parliament of Queensland between 1972 and 1996.
- Burns had previously served as the Federal President of Labor between 1970 and 1973, playing a key role in modernising the party prior to the election of Gough Whitlam as the Prime Minister of Australia in 1972.
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