Rupert Hamer

Sir Rupert Hamer
Hamer in 1973
39th Premier of Victoria
Elections: 1973, 1976, 1979
In office
23 August 1972 – 5 June 1981
MonarchElizabeth II
GovernorSir Rohan Delacombe
Sir Henry Winneke
DeputyLindsay Thompson
Preceded bySir Henry Bolte
Succeeded byLindsay Thompson
18th Deputy Premier of Victoria
In office
21 April 1971 – 23 August 1972
PremierHenry Bolte
Preceded byArthur Rylah
Succeeded byLindsay Thompson
Member of the Victorian Parliament
for Kew
In office
17 April 1971 – 17 July 1981
Preceded byArthur Rylah
Succeeded byPrue Sibree
Member of the Victorian Legislative Council
In office
21 June 1958 – 17 March 1971
Preceded byClifden Eager
Succeeded byHaddon Storey
ConstituencyEast Yarra Province
Personal details
Born
Rupert James Hamer

29 July 1916
Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died23 March 2004(2004-03-23) (aged 87)
Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Political partyLiberal Party
SpouseApril Felicity Mackintosh (1921–2015)
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Sir Rupert James "Dick" Hamer, AC, KCMG, ED (29 July 1916 – 23 March 2004) was an Australian politician who served as the 39th premier of Victoria from 1972 to 1981, and prior to that, the 18th deputy premier of Victoria from 1971 to 1972.[1] He held office as the leader of the Victorian division of the Liberal Party of Australia (LPA) and a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the division of Kew.

  1. ^ "Hamer, Sir Rupert James ('Dick')". Re-Member (Former Members). Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 4 December 2013.