Rupert Hamer
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The Honourable Sir Rupert Hamer AC, KCMG, ED |
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| 39th Premier of Victoria | |
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In office 23 August 1972 – 5 June 1981 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor |
Sir Rohan Delacombe Sir Henry Winneke |
| Deputy | Lindsay Thompson |
| Preceded by | Henry Bolte |
| Succeeded by | Lindsay Thompson |
| Member of the Victorian Parliament for Kew |
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In office April 1971 – July 1981 |
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| Preceded by | Arthur Rylah |
| Succeeded by | Prue Sibree |
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Council | |
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In office 21 June 1958 – 17 March 1971 |
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| Preceded by | Clifden Eager |
| Succeeded by | Haddon Storey |
| Constituency | East Yarra Province |
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| Born | 29 July 1916 Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 23 March 2004 (aged 87) Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Spouse(s) | April Felicity Mackintosh |
| Religion | Anglican |
Sir Rupert James Hamer, AC, KCMG, ED (29 July 1916 – 23 March 2004), generally known until he was knighted in 1982 as Dick Hamer, Australian Liberal Party politician, was the 39th Premier of Victoria, serving from 1972 to 1981.
Dick Hamer was born in Melbourne to Elizabeth Anne McLuckie and Hubert Hamer, a solicitor. His three siblings all achieved success in their fields: his sister was Alison Patrick (1921–2009), an internationally known historian of the French Revolution; his brothers were David Hamer (1923–2002), a federal Liberal politician, and Alan, a Rhodes Scholar, chemist and Managing Director of ICI Australia.
Dick Hamer was educated at Geelong Grammar School and graduated in law from the University of Melbourne, where he was resident at Trinity College from 1936. He was a member, with his brother Alan, of the College First XVIII Australian Rules football team, and was Secretary of the Student Club. He joined the Australian Army in 1939 and served at Tobruk and El Alamein and in New Guinea and Normandy. After the war he became a partner in his family's law firm and was active in the Liberal Party. In 1944 he married April Mackintosh, with whom he had five children.
In 1958 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for East Yarra Province. He was appointed to the cabinet of the long-serving Premier, Henry Bolte, in 1962, becoming Assistant Chief Secretary. He was Minister for Local Government 1964–1971.
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