United Canberra Party
| Trevor Kaine | |
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| 2nd Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory | |
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In office 5 December 1989 – 6 June 1991 |
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| Deputy | Bernard Collaery |
| Preceded by | Rosemary Follett |
| Succeeded by | Rosemary Follett |
| Member of ACT Legislative Assembly | |
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In office 4 March 1989 – 18 February 1995 Serving with Berry, Collaery, Connolly, Duby, Follett, Grassby, Humphries, Jensen, Kinloch, Maher, Moore, Nolan, Prowse, Stefaniak, Stevenson, Wood, Whalan |
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| Member of ACT Legislative Assembly | |
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In office 18 February 1995 – 20 October 2001 Serving with Wood, Hargreaves, Smyth, Osborne |
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| Succeeded by | Steve Pratt |
| Constituency | Brindabella |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Trevor Thomas Kaine 17 February 1928 Penguin, Tasmania, Australia |
| Died | 3 June 2008 (aged 80) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Other political affiliations |
Independent United Canberra Party |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Australia
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| Service/branch | Royal Australian Air Force |
| Rank | Wing Commander |
Trevor Thomas Kaine (17 February 1928 – 3 June 2008), an Australian politician, was Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 1989 to 1991, and was elected a multi-member single electorate first unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, from 1989 to 2001, initially as a member of the Liberal Party and later as an independent.
Kaine was born in the town of Penguin in Tasmania, and was educated in Victoria and Queensland. He moved to Canberra in the 1950s whilst stationed with the Royal Australian Air Force.
Kaine was a member of the ACT House of Assembly from 1975 to 1977, and again from 1985 until that House was dissolved. He was elected to the first Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly at the 1989 general election and, at the first sitting of the Assembly, became the first Leader of the Opposition of the ACT, leading the Liberal Party. The life of the first Assembly was characterised by a hung parliament and significant political instability. Confidence was waning in the minority Follett Labor government. On 5 December 1989, Bernard Collaery, leader of the Residents Rally group (with four members in the Assembly) moved the following motion in the Assembly:
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