In office 15 January 1952 – 12 August 1957 Acting: 15 January – 23 January 1952
Monarchs
George VI Elizabeth II
Governor
John Lavarack
Deputy
Tom Foley Jack Duggan Ted Walsh
Preceded by
Ned Hanlon
Succeeded by
Frank Nicklin
Deputy Premier of Queensland
In office 15 May 1947 – 17 January 1952
Premier
Ned Hanlon
Preceded by
Ted Walsh
Succeeded by
Tom Foley
Treasurer of Queensland
In office 10 May 1950 – 17 January 1952
Premier
Ned Hanlon
Preceded by
James Larcombe
Succeeded by
Ted Walsh
Member of the Legislative Assembly for South Brisbane
In office 11 June 1932 – 28 May 1960
Preceded by
Neil MacGroarty
Succeeded by
Col Bennett
Federal politics
Australian Ambassador to Ireland
In office 2 May 1974 – 21 January 1976
Preceded by
Keith Brennan
Succeeded by
Brian Hill
Leader of the Democratic Labor Party
In office 23 June 1965 – 10 October 1973
Deputy
Frank McManus
Preceded by
George Cole
Succeeded by
Frank McManus
Senator for Queensland
In office 1 July 1965 – 11 April 1974
Preceded by
Ted Maher
Succeeded by
Kate Sullivan
Personal details
Born
Vincent Clair Gair
(1901-02-25)25 February 1901 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Died
11 November 1980(1980-11-11) (aged 79) South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Resting place
Nudgee Cemetery
Political party
Labor
Other political affiliations
Democratic Labor Party
Queensland Labor Party
Spouse(s)
Florence Glynn (1924–1929; her death) Ellen Sexton (1944–1980; his death)[1]
Occupation
Public servant, Ambassador
Vincent Clair Gair (25 February 1901 – 11 November 1980)[2] was an Australian politician. He served as Premier of Queensland from 1952 until 1957, when his stormy relations with the trade union movement saw him expelled from the Labor Party. He was elected to the Australian Senate and led the Democratic Labor Party from 1965 to 1973. In 1974 he was appointed Australian Ambassador to Ireland by the Whitlam government, which caused his expulsion from the DLP.
^"Inscription for Ellen Mary Gair". Australian Cemeteries Index. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
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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...
of Ambassador to Ireland to a non-government senator from Queensland, VinceGair, in the hope that this would improve Labor's chance of gaining a majority...
contesting the election were the Queensland Labor Party led by Premier VinceGair, the Labor Party led by former Deputy Premier Jack Duggan, and the Country-Liberal...
After the 1956 election, in which he was severely defeated by Labor's VinceGair, Nicklin considered retiring from politics. However, his fortunes would...
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after the 1957 Labor split, when Premier of Queensland and sitting member VinceGair quit the party to form the Queensland Labor Party; in 1974, at the height...
Queensland senator and former DLP leader VinceGair signalled his willingness to leave the Senate for a diplomatic post. Gair's term would not expire until the...
The Gair Ministry was a ministry of the Government of Queensland and was led by Labor Premier VinceGair. It succeeded the Hanlon Ministry on 17 January...
1947 1950 7 March 1946 17 January 1952 5 years, 316 days Labor Ithaca 27 VinceGair 1953 1956 17 January 1952 12 August 1957 5 years, 207 days Labor South...
170 days Ministerial 27 March 1893 27 October 1893 214 days 11. 27th VinceGair (1901–1980) Labor South Brisbane (1932–1960) 17 January 1952 24 April...
in office since the 1932 election. It was the first electoral test for VinceGair, who had become Premier of Queensland 14 months earlier after the death...
ninth continuous term in office since the 1932 election; it would be VinceGair's second election as Premier. Labor would not win another election in the...
Queensland by appointing former Democratic Labor Party (DLP) Leader, Senator VinceGair, as Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, Snedden announced that the...
Chermside) was opened on 31 May 1957 by the then Premier of Queensland VinceGair. The Brisbane Telegraph reported that more than 15,000 people visited...
"name" Date Parties involved People involved Summary Source Gair Affair 1974 ALP VinceGair, Gough Whitlam, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Lionel Murphy, Ron Maunsell...
(1887–1952) Ithaca 7 March 1946 15 January 1952 5 years and 315 days 15 VinceGair (1901–1980) South Brisbane 17 January 1952 24 April 1957 5 years and 98 days...
we will be the Government". The 1957 ALP split, in which Labor Premier VinceGair led many MPs out of the party to form the Queensland Labor Party (QLP)...
politicians (including Gary Gray, John Herron, Brian Burke, Bob Halverson and VinceGair). Brian Burke resigned from office in July 1991 following allegations...
201–206. ISBN 978-1-74110-492-9. "Vincent Clare (Vince) Gair (1901–1980)". Gair, Vincent Clare (Vince) (1901–1980). Australian National University. Retrieved...
designated 10 principal executive offices of the Government, appointed VinceGair to the Executive Council to fill the vacancy left by Forgan Smith's resignation...
shore up support in that body. Queensland Senator and former DLP leader VinceGair signalled his willingness to leave the Senate for a diplomatic post. With...
Greig Ellis (1907–1978)". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 1 June 2023. "GAIR, Vincent Clare (1901–1980)". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 1 June 2023...
Democratic Labor Party. Prior to entering politics he was private secretary to VinceGair who was then Premier of Queensland. Initially elected to the Senate for...
1929) until the ALP-DLP split resulted in the expulsion of Labor Premier VinceGair from the ALP in 1957. 1957 Queensland state election — Country/Liberal...
time in Ireland was cut short when in 1974 Gough Whitlam decided to send VinceGair to the post for domestic political reasons. Brennan and his wife were...
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