The Hon. Alexander Mair (25 August 1889 – 3 August 1969) was an Australian politician and Premier of New South Wales from 5 August 1939 to 16 May 1941. is the 237th day of the year (238th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 215th day of the year (216th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... List of Premiers of New South Wales Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in New South Wales. ... is the 217th day of the year (218th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ...

Early life

Mair was born North Carlton and educated at Wesley College, Melbourne and Bradshaw's Business College. In 1913, he married Grace Shoolbread Lennox and he became a farmer and businessman in the Albury area.^[1] Carlton North is an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, Australia. ... Wesley College is an independent, co-educational, day school, located at St Kilda Road, Glen Waverley, Elsternwick & Clunes, in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Albury is a city in New South Wales, Australia, located on the Hume Highway on the Northern side of the Murray River. ...

Political career

In 1932, Mair won the seat of Albury, just north of the Victorian border, in the Legislative Assembly from the sitting Labor member, Joseph Fitzgerald, in an election affected by New Guard violence and he held the seat to 1946.^[2] As a devout presbyterian, he advocated that the rich should help the poor during the Great Depression by paying their income tax in advance and gave most of his paliamentary salary to the poor in his own electorate until 1938. In 1937, he visited Britain for the coronation of King George VI and attempted to enter the Soviet Union as a sailor on a Norwegian ship, but was refused entry.^[1] Albury is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. ... VIC redirects here. ... The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of New South Wales in Australia. ... The New Guard was a paramilitary organisation that existed in Australia in the 1930s[1]. Though it had some members from other parts of Australia, its membership and support base was predominantly confined to the State of New South Wales and its capital city, Sydney. ... For other uses, see The Great Depression (disambiguation). ... George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions from 11 December 1936 until his death. ...

In June 1938 Mair was appointed Minister for Labour and Industry in Bertram Stevens' United Australia Party ministry and in October he became Treasurer. He proposed a drastic cut in expenditure to bring the budget back into balance. On 1 August 1939, Eric Spooner carried a motion of no confidence in Stevens, who resigned. Country Party leader and Deputy Premier, Michael Bruxner, refused to form a coalition government with Spooner, who was opposed to Country Party influence, and as a result Mair became leader of the United Australia Party and was sworn in as Premier on 5 August.^[1] The United Australia Party or UAP was an Australian political party that was the political successor to the Nationalist Party of Australia. ... is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A motion of no confidence, also called a motion of non-confidence, a censure motion, a no-confidence motion, or simply a confidence motion, is a parliamentary motion traditionally put before a parliament by the opposition in the hope of defeating or embarrassing a government. ... The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party. ... Michael Bruxner was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. ... is the 217th day of the year (218th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

When World War II broke out he fully supported the mother country and both his sons volunteered to join the Second Australian Imperial Force. In the 1941 election campaign, he was unable to show that his government has significantly reduced unemployment or that it had made a significant contibution to the war effort. Labor took power in a landslide under William McKell and Labor remained in government for almost a quarter of a century afterwards.^[1] Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... “UK” redirects here. ... A Second AIF recruiting poster The Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) was the name given to the volunteer personnel of the Australian Army in World War II. Under the Defence Act (1903), neither the part-time Militia nor full-time the Permanent Military Force (PMF) could serve outside Australia... Sir William McKell William John McKell (26 September 1891 - 11 January 1985), twelfth Governor-General of Australia, was born in Pambula New South Wales, the son of a butcher. ...

Unlike most of the other important United Australia Party figures, Mair (who remained Opposition Leader till 1944) took a very important role in the establishment of the Liberal Party, which held meetings discussing its constitution at the Mate's Department Store building in Albury. He served on the Liberals' New South Wales executive from 1945 to 1946. In 1946, he resigned his seat to run unsuccessfully for a place in the Senate. This article is about the modern Australian political party. ... Albury is a city in New South Wales, Australia, located on the Hume Highway on the Northern side of the Murray River. ... Type Upper house President Alan Ferguson, Liberal since 14 August 2007 Members 76 Political groups Coalition (39) ALP (28) Green (4) Democrat (4) FFP (1) Last elections 9 October 2004 Meeting place Parliament House, Canberra, ACT Web site Senate Entrance to the Senate Judicial High Court Lower Courts Constitution State...

Mair died in his St Kilda home and was by his two sons and a daughter.^[1] St Kilda is a inner city suburb of the Victorian capital of Melbourne, Australia. ...

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