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Gordon Chalk

Sir Gordon Chalk
Gordon Chalk in 1963
30th Premier of Queensland
In office
1 August 1968 – 8 August 1968
MonarchElizabeth II
GovernorSir Alan Mansfield
DeputyJoh Bjelke-Petersen
Preceded byJack Pizzey
Succeeded byJoh Bjelke-Petersen
Leader of the Queensland Liberal Party
Elections: 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974
In office
23 December 1965 – 13 August 1976
DeputyAlex Dewar (1965–1967)
Peter Delamothe (1967–1971)
William Knox (1971–1976)
Preceded byThomas Hiley
Succeeded byWilliam Knox
35th Treasurer of Queensland
In office
23 December 1965 – 13 August 1976
PremierFrank Nicklin
Jack Pizzey
Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Preceded byThomas Hiley
Succeeded byWilliam Knox
20th Deputy Premier of Queensland
In office
8 August 1968 – 13 August 1976
PremierJoh Bjelke-Petersen
Preceded byJoh Bjelke-Petersen
Succeeded byWilliam Knox
In office
23 December 1965 – 1 August 1968
PremierFrank Nicklin
Jack Pizzey
Preceded byThomas Hiley
Succeeded byJoh Bjelke-Petersen
Deputy Leader of the
Queensland Liberal Party
In office
28 January 1965 – 23 December 1965
LeaderThomas Hiley
Preceded byThomas Hiley
Succeeded byAlex Dewar
Minister for Transport
In office
12 August 1957 – 23 December 1965
PremierFrank Nicklin
Preceded byThomas Moores
Succeeded byWilliam Knox
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Lockyer
East Toowoomba (1950–1976)
In office
3 May 1947 – 12 August 1976
Preceded byLes Wood
Succeeded byTony Bourke
Personal details
Born(1913-05-16)16 May 1913
Rosewood, Queensland, Australia
Died26 April 1991(1991-04-26) (aged 77)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Resting placeUniting Church, Albert Street
Political partyLiberal[a]
Other political
affiliations
Coalition[b]
Spouse
Ellen Clare Grant
(m. 1937)
OccupationSales 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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  1. ^ Gordon William (Chalkie) (1913–1991)Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

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