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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.
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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Vincent Clare Gair was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, on 25 February 1901. He was the eighth of the ten children of John Alexander Gair, prison warder, and Catherine Mary, née Maguire.
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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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May 9, 2017 · Around the same time, Queensland’s Labor premier, Vince Gair, found himself at the centre of the great Labor split, which tore the party apart nationally and in several states. Eventually, in 1957, the ructions cost him his job, but he later returned to politics as a senator and leader of the Democratic Labor Party, which had broken away from ...
Aug 21, 2021 · Vince Gair, Age 6 December 1977. Christ enjoins us to love our enemies. Vincent Clair Gair belonged to the Old Testament. Father Barney McLaughlin, panegyric for Vince Gair, November 1980. Quoted by Jim Killen in Commonwealth Parliamentary Debates House of Representatives, 25 November 1980 pp 39-40.
Vince Gair's impact still felt. FEW Queensland politicians have had as big an impact on the national scene as Vince Gair, who was premier of Queensland from 1952 until 1957.
