Vince Gair
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The Honourable Vince Gair |
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| 27th Premier of Queensland | |
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In office 17 January 1952 – 12 August 1957 |
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| Preceded by | Ned Hanlon |
| Succeeded by | Frank Nicklin |
| Constituency | South Brisbane |
| 32nd Treasurer of Queensland | |
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In office 10 May 1950 – 17 January 1952 |
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| Preceded by | James Larcombe |
| Succeeded by | Ted Walsh |
| Deputy Premier of Queensland | |
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In office 15 May 1947 – 17 January 1952 |
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| Premier | Ned Hanlon |
| Preceded by | Ted Walsh |
| Succeeded by | Tom Foley |
| Australian Ambassador to Ireland | |
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In office 2 May 1974 – 21 January 1976 |
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| Preceded by | Keith Brennan |
| Succeeded by | Brian Hill |
| Senator for Queensland | |
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In office 1 July 1965 – 11 April 1974 |
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| Member of the Queensland Parliament for South Brisbane | |
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In office 11 June 1932 – 28 May 1960 |
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| Preceded by | Neil MacGroarty |
| Succeeded by | Col Bennett |
| Personal details | |
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Vincent Clair Gair 25 February 1901 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia |
| Died | 11 November 1980 (aged 79) South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Resting place | Nudgee Cemetery |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Other political affiliations |
Democratic Labor Party, Queensland Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Florence Glynn (1924–1929; her death) Ellen Sexton (1944–1980; his death) |
| Occupation | Public servant, Ambassador |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Vincent Clare (Clair) "Vince" 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 Australian 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 expulsion from the DLP.
Gair was born in Rockhampton to John Alexander and Catherine Mary Gair, a Scottish father and an Irish mother, and raised a Catholic. His parents were founding members of the Labor Party in Queensland in the 1890s. He began work with the Department of Railways upon the family's move to Dutton Park, Queensland. In 1916 he joined the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He married Florence Glynn in 1924. She died in an accident five years later.
The Queensland state electorate of South Brisbane was held from 1929 to 1932 by Neil MacGroarty, Attorney-General in the government of Arthur Moore. MacGroarty was influential in creating the Mungana Royal Commission to destroy the political career of Ted Theodore, and reportedly incurred the displeasure of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane, James Duhig.
Gair worked at consolidating his hold on the marginal electorate, at which he was largely successful except in the 1938 election, when a newly formed Protestant Labor Party targeted his seat. He fended off the challenge and retained a low profile in Parliament. In 1941, Gair's only daughter from his first marriage died. In 1944 he remarried, to Ellen Mary Sexton; the couple had two sons.
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