Thomas Hollway

Infobox_Premier
name =Thomas Tuke Hollway
nationality =Australian
order =36th Premier of Victoria
term_start =20 November 1947
term_end =3 December 1948
term_start2 =3 December 1948
term_end2 =27 June 1950
term_start3 =28 October 1952
term_end3 =31 October 1952
predecessor1 =John Cain (senior)
predecessor2 =Thomas Hollway
predecessor3 =John McDonald
successor1 =Thomas Hollway
successor2 =John McDonald
successor3 =John McDonald
deputy =


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birth_date =2 October 1906
birth_place =Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
death_date =death date and age|1971|7|30|1906|10|2|df=y
death_place =Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia
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party =
spouse =Sheila Florence Kelsall
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Thomas Tuke "Tom" Hollway (Ballarat, 2 October 1906 — Point Lonsdale, Victoria, 30 July 1971) was the 36th Premier of Victoria, holding office from 1947 to 1950, and again for a short period in 1952.

From 1932 until 1955, Hollway served in the Victorian Legislative Assembly: first as a member of the United Australia Party (UAP), then as a Liberal. He took over as UAP leader when ex-Premier Stanley Argyle died in 1940. In Albert Dunstan's second wartime government (1943-1945) Hollway was Deputy Premier.

On 21 November 1947 Hollway's Liberals defeated the incumbent Labor administration of John Cain (senior). Hollway (who at 41 was among the youngest Premiers Victoria has ever had) remained in power until 27 June 1950, when he lost office to the Country Party under John McDonald. Hollway served another, and very brief, term as Premier from 28 October to 31 October 1952, when he again had to cede the premiership to McDonald.

Further reading

Paul Strangio and Brian Costar (eds.), "The Premiers of Victoria: 1856-2006" (Federation Press, Sydney, 2006).

[http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140540b.htm Australian Dictionary of Biography Online]