spread to Queensland, and Cain went to campaign for Labor at the state election which followed the fall of the Queensland Labor government. In Townsville on 9 August he suffered a stroke and died within a few hours, aged 75. Alfred Ernest "Ernie" Shepherd (1901–58) succeeded Cain as ALP leader, only to die himself little more than a year afterwards. Labor remained in opposition in Victoria until the 1982 election, when Cain's son, John Cain, Jr., led the party back to government.1 Notes 1 John Cain (1882–1957) was the father of John Cain (41st Premier of Victoria) (1931–2019), who also has a son named John Cain who in 2019 became State Coroner of Victoria. References Geoff Browne, A Biographical Register of the Victorian Parliament, 1900–84, Government Printer, Melbourne, 1985 Don Garden, Victoria: A History, Thomas Nelson, Melbourne, 1984, Kathleen Thompson and Geoffrey Serle, A Biographical Register of the Victorian Parliament, 1856–1900, Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1972, Kate White, John Cain and Victorian Labour 1917–1957, Hale and Iremonger, Sydney, 1982, Raymond Wright, A People's Counsel: A History of the Parliament of Victoria, 1856–1990, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1992, See also |- 1882 births 1957 deaths Premiers of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Treasurers of Victoria Australian people of Irish descent Converts to Anglicanism from Roman Catholicism Leaders of the Opposition in Victoria (Australia) Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria 20th-century Australian politicians