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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Vince_GairVince Gair - Wikipedia

    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.

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

    Brisbane City Council Library, BCC-B120-14565. 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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  4. biography.senate.gov.au › gair-vincent-clareGAIR, Vincent Clare (1901–1980) - aph.gov.au

    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. John Gair immigrated to Queensland from Scotland in 1885, where he had worked as a publican and hospital orderly.

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

    Vincent Clair Gair. Premier of Queensland 1952-1957 and Ambassador to Ireland. Vince Gair was born in Rockhampton, the eight child of John Alexander Gair and Catherine Mary Gair.He was educated at Leichhardt State School and St Joseph's Christians Brothers. He started his working life at the Qld Railways in 1916 and in the same year his...

  6. www.wikiwand.com › en › Vince_GairVince Gair - Wikiwand

    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 ...

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

    Vince Gair. Vincent Clair Gair was a former Australian Labor Party (ALP) Premier of Queensland 1952-57 who was expelled from his own party while in office, and formed the breakaway Queensland Labor Party (QLP), which in 1962 merged with the Democratic Labor Party (DLP). In 1964 he was elected to federal parliament as a DLP Senator for ...

  8. www.wikidata.org › wiki › Q7931495Vince Gair - Wikidata

    Queensland State Archives 4750 Hon VC Gair Premier of Queensland c 1953.png 1,796 × 2,510; 3.02 MB ... Honourable Vincent Clair Gair (25 Feb 1901 - 11 Nov 1980 ...