Gordon Chalk

The Honourable Sir Gordon Chalk KBE
Gordon Chalk in 1963
30th Premier of Queensland
In office 1 August 1968 – 8 August 1968
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor	Sir Alan Mansfield
Deputy	Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Preceded by	Jack Pizzey
Succeeded by	Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Leader of the Queensland Liberal Party Elections: 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974
In office 23 December 1965 – 13 August 1976
Deputy	Alex Dewar (1965–1967) Peter Delamothe (1967–1971) William Knox (1971–1976)
Preceded by	Thomas Hiley
Succeeded by	William Knox
35th Treasurer of Queensland
In office 23 December 1965 – 13 August 1976
Premier	Frank Nicklin Jack Pizzey Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Preceded by	Thomas Hiley
Succeeded by	William Knox
20th Deputy Premier of Queensland
In office 8 August 1968 – 13 August 1976
Premier	Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Preceded by	Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Succeeded by	William Knox
In office 23 December 1965 – 1 August 1968
Premier	Frank Nicklin Jack Pizzey
Preceded by	Thomas Hiley
Succeeded by	Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Deputy Leader of the Queensland Liberal Party
In office 28 January 1965 – 23 December 1965
Leader	Thomas Hiley
Preceded by	Thomas Hiley
Succeeded by	Alex Dewar
Minister for Transport
In office 12 August 1957 – 23 December 1965
Premier	Frank Nicklin
Preceded by	Thomas Moores
Succeeded by	William Knox
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Lockyer East Toowoomba (1950–1976)
In office 3 May 1947 – 12 August 1976
Preceded by	Les Wood
Succeeded by	Tony Bourke
Personal details
Born	(1913-05-16)16 May 1913 Rosewood, Queensland, Australia
Died	26 April 1991(1991-04-26) (aged 77) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Resting place	Uniting Church, Albert Street
Political party	Liberal[a]
Other political affiliations	Coalition[b]
Spouse	Ellen Clare Grant ​ (m. 1937)​
Occupation	Sales Representative, Newspaper employee

Sir Gordon William Wesley Chalk, KBE^[1] (16 May 1913 – 26 April 1991) was Premier of Queensland for a week, from 1 to 8 August 1968.^[2] He was the first and only Queensland Premier from the post-war Liberal Party.

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