NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Gordon Chalk

Sir Gordon William Wesley Chalk (1913-1991) was Premier of Queensland for a week, from 1 August to 8 August 1968 following the death of Jack Pizzey. He was the first, and so far only, Queensland Premier from the modern Liberal Party of Australia. 1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... List of Premiers of Queensland Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in Queensland. ... Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Governor HE Ms Quentin Bryce Premier Peter Beattie (ALP) Area 1,852,642 km² (2st) - Land 1,730,648 km² - Water 121,994 km² (6. ... August 1st is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... This article concerns the modern Australian political party. ...

List of Premiers of Queensland Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in Queensland. ... Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen (born January 13, 1911), Australian politician, was Premier of the Australian state of Queensland from 1968 to 1987, and one of the most successful politicians in Australian history. ...

Categories: Australia biography stubs | Liberal Party of Australia politicians | Premiers of Queensland | 1913 births | 1991 deaths List of Premiers of Queensland Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in Queensland. ... Robert George Wyndham Herbert (1831-1905), was the first Premier of Queensland, Australia. ... Sir Charles Lilley was a former premier (1868-70) and chief justice of Queensland (1879_93). ... Sir Samuel Griffith Sir Samuel Walker Griffith (June 21, 1845 - August 9, 1920), Australian politician and judge, was the principal author of the Constitution of Australia. ... Sir James Robert Dickson (30 November 1832 - 10 January 1901), Australian politician, was Premier of Queensland and a member of the first federal ministry. ... Andrew Dawson (usually known as Anderson Dawson) (1863-1910), was Premier of Australia for one week in 1899, this was the first Labor Party government anywhere in the world. ... Robert Philp (1851-1922) was Premier of Queensland, Australia, from December 1899 to September 1903 and had a short second premiership from November 1907 to February 1908. ... Sir Arthur Morgan (born 19 September 1856 in Warwick, Queensland; died 1916) was the Premier of Queensland, Australia from 1903 to 1906. ... William Kidston (1849-1919) was Premier of Queensland, Australia, from January 1906 to November 1907 and again from February 1908 to February 1911. ... Digby Frank Denham (1859-1944) was Premier of Queensland, Australia, from February 1911 to June 1915. ... A statue of T J Ryan stands in Queens Gardens, Brisbane Thomas Joseph Ryan was Premier of Queensland, Australia from May 1915 until October 1919 when he resigned to enter federal politics. ... Hon Ted Theodore Edward Granville Theodore (29 December 1884 - 28 February 1950), Australian politician, was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the second son of a Romanian immigrant called Basil Teodorescu. ... William McCormack (1879-1947), was Premier of Queensland, Australia, from 1925 to 1929. ... Arthur Edward Moore (1876-1963), was an Australian politician, the first Country Party Premier of Queensland, from 1929 to 1932. ... William Forgan Smith (1887-1953), was Premier of Queensland from 1932 to 1942. ... Frank Arthur Cooper (1872-1949) was Premier of Queensland from 1942 to 1946 for the Australian Labor Party. ... Edward Michael Hanlon (1887-1952), was Premier of Queensland from 1946 to 1952. ... Vincent Clair Gair (February 25, 1902 - November 11, 1980) was an Australian politician who served as Premier of Queensland from 1952 until 1957 when, on April 24, 1957, nearly a year after leading the ALP to a state election victory, he was dismissed from his own party, for failing to... Sir George Francis Reuben Nicklin (1895-1978) was Premier of Queensland from 1957 to 1963, the first Country Party Premier since 1932. ... Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen (born January 13, 1911), Australian politician, was Premier of the Australian state of Queensland from 1968 to 1987, and one of the most successful politicians in Australian history. ... Wayne Keith Goss (1951-) was Premier of Queensland from December 7, 1989 until February 19, 1996. ... Robert Edward Borbidge, (born August 12, 1954), Australian politician, is the former premier of the state of Queensland, and former leader of the Queensland branch of the National Party. ... Peter Beattie Peter Douglas Beattie (born November 18, 1952), Australian politician, is the Premier of the Australian State of Queensland and leader of the Australian Labor Party in that state. ...