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He became the second former Queensland Premier after Anderson Dawson to be elected to Federal Parliament as a Queensland representative. Two other former Premiers Tom Ryan and Ted Theodore had also served in Federal Parliament but were elected as New South Wales representatives in the House of Representatives.
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 served as Acting Premier for extended periods during the long, final illness of Premier Ned Hanlon. When Hanlon died on 15 January 1952, Gair succeeded him. Gair’s first three years as premier were prosperous, stable and peaceful, as Queensland continued to recover from the exigencies of war.
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Specific attention is paid to Gair’s premiership years between 1952 and 1957, in particular focus on the Labor split in Queensland and the breach between the organisational and parliamentary wings of the Labor party in Queensland.
premier (1952-1957) Queensland, Australia Member of Upper House (1964-1974) Federal, Australia ambassador (1974-1976) Federal, Australia
May 18, 2018 · Gair is 73 years old, and a former Premier of Queensland. He was in the Labor Party during the divisive split over communism in the 1950s. The breakaway DLP has been a thorn in Labor’s side ever since. Gair was its longtime leader, but has recently been removed and emotions are running high.
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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.
