Sir Gordon Chalk | |
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![]() 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 | Rosewood, Queensland, Australia | 16 May 1913
Died | 26 April 1991 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | (aged 77)
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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