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   Later life. Death. Memorials. See also. References. Further reading. External links. Vince Gair. 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.

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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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   • 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 Democratic Labor Party from 1965 to 1973.

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   Who was Vince Gair?

   • Vince Gair was above all a controversial figure. Rotund, chubby faced, 5 ft 6 ins (168 cm) tall and 'invincibly amiable', he was nicknamed 'Friar Tuck'. While never a great policy innovator, in his prime he was a consummate political tactician and negotiator who 'could be wilful, impatient and . . . arbitrary'.

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   Who was John Gair?

   • John Gair immigrated to Queensland from Scotland in 1885, where he had worked as a publican and hospital orderly. He was a ‘strict disciplinarian’ and ‘a life-long supporter of the Labour Party’, but the principal parental influence on young Vince seems to have been his Irish-born mother.

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   Why did Gair resign?

   • The battle for control of the A.L.P. was waged both within and outside the party. Gair's relationship with the A.W.U., and especially its secretary R. J. J. Bukowski, degenerated to such an extent that the union eventually formed an unholy alliance with the T.L.C. to bring him down.

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4. www.findagrave.com › 15869440 › vincent_clair-gairVincent Clair Gair (1901-1980) - Find a Grave Memorial

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   Vincent Clair Gair. Birth. 25 Feb 1901. Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. Death. 11 Nov 1980 (aged 79) South Brisbane, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia. Burial. Nudgee Cemetery and Crematorium. Nudgee, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia Add to Map. Plot. A3-13-40. Memorial ID. 15869440. · View Source. Suggest Edits.

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   Florence died as the result of a fall in October 1929. The only child of their marriage, Gloria Imelda, died in 1941. For Gair, these losses were a ‘terrible grief’. [1] Winning preselection for the state seat of South Brisbane in 1932, Gair soundly defeated the conservative member, Neil Macgroarty, the sitting Attorney-General.

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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.

   • Birth Date: February 25, 1901

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   Vincent Clair Gair 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 ...

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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 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