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    Vincent Clair Gair (25 February 1901 – 11 November 1980) was an Australian politician. He served as Premier of Queensland from 1952 until 1957, when his...
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  • politician Vince Gair (1901–1980), Australian politician Gair Affair, episode in Australian political life in 1974 involving Vince Gair Gair Ministry,...
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    After the 1956 election, in which he was severely defeated by Labor's Vince Gair, Nicklin considered retiring from politics. However, his fortunes would...
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    of Ambassador to Ireland to a non-government senator from Queensland, Vince Gair, in the hope that this would improve Labor's chance of gaining a majority...
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    year, the Labor Party split in Queensland following the expulsion of Vince Gair, a conservative Catholic, from the party. He and his followers formed...
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    in January 1952. After his death in January 1952, he was succeeded by Vince Gair, the last leader of the state Labor Party administration which had been...
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  • the then ruling Labor Party Government after the expulsion of Premier Vince Gair. In 1962 the party became the Queensland section of the Democratic Labor...
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    contesting the election were the Queensland Labor Party led by Premier Vince Gair, the Labor Party led by former Deputy Premier Jack Duggan, and the Country-Liberal...
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  • – William Astbury, physicist and molecular biologist (d. 1961) 1901 – Vince Gair, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Queensland (d. 1980) 1901 – Zeppo...
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    after the 1957 Labor split, when Premier of Queensland and sitting member Vince Gair quit the party to form the Queensland Labor Party; in 1974, at the height...
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    Queensland by appointing former Democratic Labor Party (DLP) Leader, Senator Vince Gair, as Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, Snedden announced that the...
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  • "name" Date Parties involved People involved Summary Source Gair Affair 1974 ALP Vince Gair, Gough Whitlam, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Lionel Murphy, Ron Maunsell...
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    Queensland senator and former DLP leader Vince Gair signalled his willingness to leave the Senate for a diplomatic post. Gair's term would not expire until the...
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  • we will be the Government". The 1957 ALP split, in which Labor Premier Vince Gair led many MPs out of the party to form the Queensland Labor Party (QLP)...
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    The Gair Ministry was a ministry of the Government of Queensland and was led by Labor Premier Vince Gair. It succeeded the Hanlon Ministry on 17 January...
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  • 170 days Ministerial 27 March 1893 27 October 1893 214 days   11. 27th Vince Gair (1901–1980) Labor South Brisbane (1932–1960) 17 January 1952 24 April...
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  • Queensland Senator Vince Gair the position of ambassador to the Republic of Ireland and the Vatican. Whitlam is believed to have hoped that Gair’s resignation...
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  • Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian-American composer and conductor (b. 1894) 1980 – Vince Gair, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Queensland (b. 1901) 1982 – Marcel...
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    1947 1950 7 March 1946 17 January 1952 5 years, 316 days Labor Ithaca 27 Vince Gair 1953 1956 17 January 1952 12 August 1957 5 years, 207 days Labor South...
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  • 1929) until the ALP-DLP split resulted in the expulsion of Labor Premier Vince Gair from the ALP in 1957. 1957 Queensland state election — Country/Liberal...
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    in office since the 1932 election. It was the first electoral test for Vince Gair, who had become Premier of Queensland 14 months earlier after the death...
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    Whitlam after the prime minister offered Democratic Labor Party senator Vince Gair, a bitter opponent of the government, the position of ambassador to Ireland...
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    Chermside) was opened on 31 May 1957 by the then Premier of Queensland Vince Gair. The Brisbane Telegraph reported that more than 15,000 people visited...
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    ninth continuous term in office since the 1932 election; it would be Vince Gair's second election as Premier. Labor would not win another election in the...
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    Democratic Labor Party. Prior to entering politics he was private secretary to Vince Gair who was then Premier of Queensland. Initially elected to the Senate for...
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    Greig Ellis (1907–1978)". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 1 June 2023. "GAIR, Vincent Clare (1901–1980)". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 1 June 2023...
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  •  201–206. ISBN 978-1-74110-492-9. "Vincent Clare (Vince) Gair (1901–1980)". Gair, Vincent Clare (Vince) (1901–1980). Australian National University. Retrieved...
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    (1887–1952) Ithaca 7 March 1946 15 January 1952 5 years and 315 days 15 Vince Gair (1901–1980) South Brisbane 17 January 1952 24 April 1957 5 years and 98 days...
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    31 James Larcombe Australian Labor Party 7 Mar 1946 – 10 May 1950 32 Vince Gair Australian Labor Party 10 May 1950 – 17 Jan 1952 33 Ted Walsh Australian...
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    which was seeking to increase the Senate's power in parliament. Senator Vince Gair revived the debate around the introduction of such a law in early 1967...
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