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  1. adb.anu.edu.au › biography › gair-vincent-clareBiography - Vincent Clare (Vince) Gair - Australian ...

    Vincent Clare (Clair) Gair (1901-1980), railway clerk and premier, was born on 25 February 1901 at Rockhampton, Queensland, eighth child of John Alexander Gair, a prison warder from Scotland, and his wife Catherine Mary, née Maguire (d.1950), a nurse from Ireland.

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      Condon Bryan Byrne (1910–1993), public servant, barrister,...

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      After Gair's removal, the now feared and hated Bukowski soon...

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      in the Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, 1986...

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      Elected to the Queensland central executive of the...

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      Gair was expelled from the party on 24 April 1957 and the...

    • Sir John Lavarack

      Sir John Dudley Lavarack (1885-1957), army officer and...

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      The voting statistics show that he regained and even...

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      A volume of his selected public addresses was published in...

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gair_AffairGair Affair - Wikipedia

    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 ...

  4. biography.senate.gov.au › gair-vincent-clareGAIR, Vincent Clare (1901–1980) - aph.gov.au

    Winning preselection for the state seat of South Brisbane in 1932, Gair soundly defeated the conservative member, Neil Macgroarty, the sitting Attorney-General. Gair was an effective and popular local member, and an excellent constituency nurse.

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    Sep 29, 2020 · Aussie gang leader to PPIM activist - the story of Vince Focarelli. Vince Focarelli was born in Italy, with links to the Italian mafia. At the age of 12, his family moved to Australia, where he...

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  6. wikimili.com › en › Vince_GairVince Gair - WikiMili, The Best Wikipedia Reader

    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.

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gair_MinistryGair ministry - Wikipedia

    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 1952 following Ned Hanlon 's death two days earlier.

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  9. adb.anu.edu.au › gair-vincent-clare-vince-10267Vincent Clare (Vince) Gair - Australian Dictionary of Biography

    Vincent Clare Gair: Alternative Names: Vincent Clair Gair ; Born: 25 February, 1901 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. Died: 11 November, 1980 (aged 79) South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Cultural Heritage: Irish; Scottish