deaths
November 11, 1980
Vince Gair, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Queensland (born 1901)
Vince Gair
Vincent Clair Gair 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. 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.
Premier of Queensland
The premier of Queensland is the head of government in the Australian state of Queensland.