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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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Gair began work with the Department of Railways upon the family's move to Dutton Park, Queensland. In 1916 he joined the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He married Florence Glynn in 1924 at Brisbane, Queensland. She died in an accident five years later. In 1941, Gair's only daughter from his first marriage, Gloria died.
- February 25, 1901
- November 11, 1980
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Jan 12, 2022 · Born Jul 1906 in Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia. Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown] [sibling (s) unknown] Wife of Vincent Clair Gair — married 1944 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [children unknown] Died 4 Aug 1983 at age 77 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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In 1941, Gair's only daughter from his first marriage died. In 1944 he remarried, to Ellen Mary Sexton; [2] the couple had two sons. [4] Gair was a backbencher for ten years during the William Forgan Smith government before being appointed as Secretary for Mines under the elderly Frank Cooper in 1942. The same year he became Minister for Labour ...
Vincent Clair Gair Famous memorial. 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, AustraliaAdd to Map. Plot. A3-13-40. Memorial ID. 15869440. · View Source.
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. 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.