Frank Nicklin
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The Hon Sir Frank Nicklin KCMG, MM |
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| 28th Premier of Queensland | |
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In office 12 August 1957 – 17 January 1968 |
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| Preceded by | Vince Gair |
| Succeeded by | Jack Pizzey |
| Constituency | Landsborough |
| Leader of the Opposition of Queensland | |
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In office 21 May 1941 – 3 August 1957 |
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| Preceded by | Ted Maher |
| Succeeded by | Leslie Wood |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Murrumba |
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In office 11 June 1932 – 29 April 1950 |
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| Preceded by | Richard Warren |
| Succeeded by | David Nicholson |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Landsborough |
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In office 29 April 1950 – 13 February 1968 |
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| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | Mike Ahern |
| Personal details | |
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George Francis Reuben Nicklin 6 August 1895 Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 29 January 1978 (aged 82) Nambour, Queensland |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Country Party |
| Spouse(s) | Georgina Robertson Fleming (d. 1960) |
| Occupation | Fruit grower, Army officer |
| Religion | Methodist |
Sir George Francis Reuben Nicklin, KCMG, MM (6 August 1895 – 29 January 1978) was Premier of the Australian state of Queensland from 1957 to 1968, and the first non Labor Party Premier since 1932.
Nicklin was born in Murwillumbah, New South Wales on 6 August 1895, the son of a newspaper proprietor. He was educated at Murwillumbah Public School and Highfield College in Turramurra, Sydney. In 1910 the family moved to Beerwah in Queensland, where Nicklin's father took up banana farming. Nicklin enrolled in the army in 1916 served with distinction during World War I, where he was promoted to corporal and was awarded the Military Medal. On his return to Queensland he bought a small pineapple farm at Palmwoods, 100 kilometres north of Brisbane, through a soldier-settler scheme. Nicklin saved wisely and put his farming experience to good use, and his farm succeeded where many others failed. He led many fruit-growers' organisations, and then became involved in Country Party politics.
When the Member for the solid Country Party seat of Murrumba retired in 1932, Nicklin became the new candidate. He won the seat, although the National Progressive Country Party Government of A. E. Moore was heavily defeated. Nicklin, therefore, entered Parliament as a humble opposition backbencher. He transferred to Landsborough in 1950.
Nicklin was a popular and hardworking local member, and remained popular throughout very difficult times for the Country Party in Queensland. The opposition was fractured and weak, and the Government of William Forgan Smith very secure. Nicklin's preferred area was agriculture, and he made many speeches on the subject.
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