Move From State To Federal Politics
Although he was no longer Premier, Gair continued to lead the QLP, which was reduced to 11 members after the 1957 election. However, he was defeated at South Brisbane at the 1960 state election. In 1962 the QLP merged with the Democratic Labor Party, which had previously been largely inactive in Queensland. Gair unsuccessfully contested the Senate election of 1961 for the DLP. In 1964 he was elected as a DLP Senator for Queensland.
Gair was the second former Queensland Premier to be elected to Federal Parliament as a representative of Queensland after Anderson Dawson. Two former Premiers prior to Gair, Tom Ryan and Ted Theodore had also served in Federal Parliament but they were both elected as representatives for New South Wales.
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