Sir Rupert James Hamer, AC, KCMG, ED (29 July 1916 - 23 March 2004), generally known until he was knighted in 1982 as Dick Hamer, Australian Liberal Party politician, was the 39th Premier of Victoria, serving from 1972 to 1981.
Hamer was born in Melbourne. His brother was David Hamer, a future federal Liberal politician. Dick Hamer was educated at Geelong Grammar School and the University of Melbourne, where he graduated in law. He joined the Aus...
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Sir Rupert James Hamer, AC, KCMG, ED (29 July 1916 - 23 March 2004), generally known until he was knighted in 1982 as Dick Hamer, Australian Liberal Party politician, was the 39th Premier of Victoria, serving from 1972 to 1981.
Hamer was born in Melbourne. His brother was David Hamer, a future federal Liberal politician. Dick Hamer was educated at Geelong Grammar School and the University of Melbourne, where he graduated in law. He joined the Australian Army in 1939 and served at Tobruk and El Alamein and in New Guinea and Normandy. After the war he became a partner in his family's law firm and was active in the Liberal Party. In 1944 he married April Mackintosh, with whom he had five children.
In 1958 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council, where he served until 1971, when he transferred to the Legislative Assembly as MP for Kew. He was appointed to ministry of the long-serving Premier, Henry Bolte, in 1962, becoming Assistant Chief Secretary. He was Minister for Local...
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