Robert Cosgrove
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Sir Robert Cosgrove was an Australian politician who was the 30th and longest-serving Premier of Tasmania. He held office for over 18 years, serving from 1939 to 1947 and from 1948 to 1958. His involv
Cosgrove in 1953
Sir Robert Cosgrove was the longest-serving Premier of Tasmania
Edmund Dwyer-Gray
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Edmund John Chisholm Dwyer-Gray was an Irish-Australian politician, who was the 29th Premier of Tasmania from 11 June to 18 December 1939. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party.
Robert Cosgrove
…Bank of Tasmania. He reorganised the Department of Agriculture and was popular in rural areas. When Albert Ogilvie died suddenly in 1939, 68-year-old Edmund Dwyer-Gray was elected Labor leader (and thus premier) with the understanding that he would retire after six months in office. Cosgrove was elected as his deputy…
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Dwyer-Gray in 1940