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Media in category "Vince Gair" The following 25 files are in this category, out of 25 total. Queensland State Archives 4686 Hon VC Gair MLA Premier of Queensland December 1952.png 720 × 496; 226 KB
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.
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He returned to Brisbane on 12 March and withdrew from public life. Survived by his wife and their two sons, he died on 11 November 1980 in South Brisbane; he was accorded a state funeral and was buried in Nudgee cemetery. Vince Gair was above all a controversial figure.
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Husband of Ellen Mary (Sexton) Gair — married 1944 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Father of Gloria Imelda Gair. Died 11 Nov 1980 in South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Profile last modified 2 Nov 2020 | Created 13 Aug 2019 | Last significant change: 2 Nov 2020.
- February 25, 1901
- November 11, 1980
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 stormy relations with the trade union movement saw him expelled from the Labor Party. He was elected to the Australian Senate and led the Democrati
Vince Gair. Archive Footage: This Day Tonight. Vince Gair was born on 25 February 1901 in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. He was married to Ellen (Nell) Mary Sexton and Florence Glynn. He died on 11 November 1980 in South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Feb 5, 2017 · VINCE Gair ended his political life with a scandal known as “The Night of the Long Prawns’’ and finished his days as an Australian diplomat by referring to the British ambassador as “you ...
