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Vince Gair
Gough Whitlam
The Gair Affair was an episode in Australian political life in 1974, during the government led by the Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. Whitlam offered the post 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 in the Senate at the forthcoming general election. Whitlam's plan was foiled by the Premier of Queensland, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, during what came to be known as "The Night of the Long Prawns", but the matter was overtaken by events when Whitlam decided to call a double dissolution election.
Jenny Hocking has said of the affair: "The government's attempts to effect an additional Senate vacancy through Gair's resignation was constitutionally sound, strategically brilliant and an unmitigated political disaster."[1]
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The GairAffair was an episode in Australian political life in 1974, during the government led by the Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. Whitlam offered...
members secreted Gair at a small party in a legislative office as the ALP searched for him to secure his written resignation. As Gair enjoyed beer and...
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...
Solicitor-General from 1973 to 1983, in which capacity he played a role in the GairAffair and the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis. He had an unmatched record...
politician Vince Gair (1901–1980), Australian politician GairAffair, episode in Australian political life in 1974 involving Vince GairGair Ministry, ministry...
for five rather than six Senate places, the situation (known as the "GairAffair") resulted in the opposition and the DLP trying to block supply. Whitlam...
The Loans affair, also called the Khemlani affair, was a political scandal involving the Whitlam government of Australia in 1975 in which it was accused...
entertained Gair at a small party in the office of Senator Ron Maunsell, to delay him visiting the Senate President to tender his resignation. As Gair enjoyed...
would block the Government's supply bills in the Senate following the GairAffair. The Whitlam government was subsequently returned with a reduced majority...
After a great deal of legalistic argumentation in both houses about the GairAffair, and justified by the failure of six (non-supply) bills to pass the Senate...
most notable moments was his involvement in what became known as the GairAffair or "The Night of the Long Prawns", in April 1974. He regularly brought...
Khemlani or by other routes, bore fruit, but, as information about the "Loans Affair" trickled out, the government lost support. In February 1975, Whitlam decided...
government had announced a half-Senate election, but in the wake of the Gairaffair, Whitlam decided to call a double dissolution on 11 April 1974, citing...
located a document which implied that ASIO and "the departments of Foreign Affairs, Attorney-General's and Immigration" had conspired to withhold information...
The last independently dated Senate election writ occurred during the GairAffair in 1974. Federal elections must be held on a Saturday which has been...
separate Senate and House elections until 1974. This became a factor in the GairAffair. The Coalition government of the Liberal Party led by Sir Robert Menzies...
Sondra Gair, (1924 – May 25, 1994) was an American veteran broadcast journalist best known for her public-affairs talk show on Chicago Radio. Gair began...
2017, p. 15. Wilson & Healy 2017, p. 16. Hancock, Ian (2003). "The V.I.P. Affair, 1966–67: The causes, course and consequences of a ministerial and public...
election writ being issued by the Governor of Queensland during the GairAffair in 1974. Slightly more than half of the Senate is contested at each general...
debates around the appointment of DLP Senator Vince Gair as Ambassador to Ireland in 1974 (see GairAffair), which preceded Whitlam's calling of a double dissolution...
in supporting roles notably in the romance-action films Ajay (1996) and Gair (1999), and the romantic drama Refugee (2000). Since the early 2000s, she...
Guardian. 20 November 2012. "Sally Bercow Back On Twitter After Gaffes". Sky News. 29 November 2012. Interview with Gair Rhydd Sally Bercow at Biogs.com...
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