Harry Holgate

Harry Holgate

Infobox Officeholder
honorific-prefix = The Hon.
name = Harry Holgate
honorific-suffix = AO


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order = 36th
office = Premier of Tasmania
term_start = 11 November 1981
term_end = 26 May 1982
birth_date = birth date|1933|12|5
birth_place = Maitland, NSW, Australia
death_date = death date and age|1997|3|16|1933|12|5
death_place = Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
nationality = flagicon|Australia Australian
party = Australian Labor Party
predecessor = Doug Lowe
successor = Robin Gray
constituency = Bass
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occupation = Journalist
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The Hon. Harold Norman (Harry) Holgate, AO (5 December 1933 – 16 March 1997) was an Australian Labor Party politician and Premier of Tasmania from 11 November 1981 to 26 May 1982.

Born in Maitland, New South Wales in 1933, Holgate was a television producer and journalist prior to entering politics, arriving in Tasmania to work for "The Examiner" newspaper in 1963.Lennon, Paul: [http://www.premier.tas.gov.au/speeches/dinner.html Address at the State Dinner to Mark the Sesquicentenary of the Tasmanian Parliament] , Premier of Tasmania, 2 December 2006.] He first stood for election in 1972 but was unable to meet the required quota of 4,707 votes [ [http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/Elections/e1972.htm 1972 House of Assembly Election Results] , Parliament of Tasmania, 22 April 1972.] . From 1973 to 1974, he worked as a press secretary for Deputy Prime Minister Lance Barnard.Lennon, Paul: [http://www.premier.tas.gov.au/speeches/dinner.html Address at the State Dinner to Mark the Sesquicentenary of the Tasmanian Parliament] , Premier of Tasmania, 2 December 2006.]

In 1974, he stood for election again and was the second candidate elected in the Division of Bass (following Liberal member Neil Robson). He held his seat from 26 July 1974 until 1992, and was Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from May 1975 to December 1976. Holgate became Premier in 1981 after a motion of no confidence was raised against Doug Lowe, who subsequently retired. Holgate was Premier for nearly seven months, until he was defeated by Robin Gray's Liberal government at the 1982 election [Angle, Maura: [http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/tas/content/2003/s890008.htm The Franklin Dam dispute] , "Stateline" (Tasmanian edition) (ABC TV), 27 June 2003.]

Holgate died of cancer in Launceston on 16 March 1997.

References

External links

* [http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/history/tasparl/holgateh601.htm Parliamentary Library profile]


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