Famous People with Name Cavanagh

George Cavanagh            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

George Cavanagh: was an Australian cricketer who played for Victoria. He was born in Sydney and died in Melbourne. Cavenagh made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1853–1854 season, against Tasmania. He scored 35 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and 10 runs in the second.

Victor George Cavanagh            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Victor George Cavanagh: was a New Zealand rugby union administrator. He was born in Caversham, Dunedin. He was the son of "Old Vic" Cavanagh. Between them, they greatly affected the development of the sport of rugby within New Zealand. In sport, Cavanagh represented Otago as a m

Georges Dillon-Cavanagh            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Georges Dillon-Cavanagh: was a French Olympic fencer. He won three medals at the 1906 Summer Olympics.[1]

James Luke "Jim" Cavanagh            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

James Luke "Jim" Cavanagh: was an Australian politician and government minister.Cavanagh was elected to the Senate at the 1961 election. He was Minister for Works from 1972 to 1973, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs from 1973 to 1975 and Minister for Police and Customs in 1975.

Terence James "Terry" Cavanagh            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Terence James "Terry" Cavanagh: is a Canadian politician, municipal councillor in Edmonton, Alberta, who served as mayor. He was Edmonton's first native-born mayor. Cavanagh entered politics during the 1968 Edmonton election, when he ran for Edmonton City Council as an aldermanic candidate. He was defeated, finishing fourteenth of thirty-two candidates in an election in which the top twelve were elected. He was more successful during the 1971 election; Edmonton had adopted a ward system (in which three aldermen were elected in each of four wards) to replace the previous at-large method of election, and Cavanagh placed second of seventeen candidates in Ward 4. He was re-elected in the 1974 election, when he placed first of nine candidates. In 1988, Decore (who had been elected mayor in 1983) resigned to take a position as leader of the Alberta Liberal Party. Again Council chose Cavanagh to serve as interim mayor, and again he was defeated soundly when he sought re-election - this time, he finished with fewer than half the votes of Jan Reimer during the 1989 municipal election. He would win his old aldermanic seat back in the 1992 election, and would be re-elected in the 1995, 1998, 2001, and 2004 elections.