Harry Holgate

The Honourable
Harry Holgate
AO
36th Premier of Tasmania
In office
11 November 1981 – 26 May 1982
DeputyMichael Barnard
Preceded byDoug Lowe
Succeeded byRobin Gray
ConstituencyBass
Personal details
Born(1933-12-05)5 December 1933
Maitland, NSW, Australia
Died16 March 1997(1997-03-16) (aged 63)
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Political partyLabor Party
Spouse(s)Rosalind Wesley[1]
Katharine White[2]
OccupationJournalist

Harold Norman Holgate AO (5 December 1933 – 16 March 1997) was an Australian politician. He was premier of Tasmania from 1981 to 1982, serving as state leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) during that period. He succeeded Doug Lowe as party leader and premier during internal conflict over the Franklin Dam controversy, leading the ALP to defeat at the 1982 state election just over six months after taking office.

  1. ^ Reynolds, Margaret (2008). Living politics. Brisbane: University of Queensland. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-7022-3438-5.
  2. ^ "Married on Saturday". The Age. 29 July 1957.