deaths
June 20, 2004
Jim Bacon, Australian politician, 41st Premier of Tasmania (born 1950)
Jim Bacon (politician)
James Alexander Bacon, AC was an Australian politician who served as Premier of Tasmania from 1998 to 2004.
Premier of Tasmania
The premier of Tasmania is the head of the executive government in the Australian state of Tasmania. By convention, the leader of the party or political grouping which has majority support in the House of Assembly is invited by the governor of Tasmania to be premier and principal adviser.