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George Gear

Personal data
Date of birth8 March 1947(age 63)
Place of birthKalgoorlie, Western Australia
NationalityAustralian
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
SpouseCarol Howman
OccupationTeacher
In office5 March 1983 - 1 December 1984
Succeeded byPeter Shack
Preceded byPeter Shack
In office1 December 1984 - 2 March 1996
Succeeded byRicky Johnston
Preceded byWendy Fatin

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George Gear (born 8 March 1947) is a former Australian politician and government minister.
Gear was born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia and received a Bachelor of Education at Mount Lawley College Advanced Education a Diploma of Electrical Engineering at Fremantle Technical College and a Diploma of Technical Teaching from Perth Technical College. He was a teacher of electrical trades before running for Parliament. He married Carol Howman in 1969 and they have one son and one daughter.
Gear was elected for the Australian Labor Party as the member for the seat of Tangney at the 1983 election for the Australian House of Representatives. At the 1984 election, he won the seat of Canning. He was Government Whip from May 1990 to March 1993 was appointed Assistant Treasurer in the second Keating ministry in March 1993. He lost his seat at the March 1996 election.
Gear is Chairman of Rural Australia Investments Limited.

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Scouts honor Carlson with St. George Award - St. Louis Post-Dispatch Tweet this news
St. Louis Post-Dispatch--As others packed up tents and other camping -gear-, about 5500 Scouts and leaders came together at the Muny in a sea of khaki for worship and prayer. ... - Date : Mon, 07 Jun 2010 06:04:01 GMT+00:00
Divers find steamboat - The Free Lance-Star Tweet this news
The Free Lance-Star--But the conditions made it hard for the divers to go down in scuba -gear- to confirm what the sonar pictures indicated. "It was all touch and feel," Furr said ... - Date : Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:52:37 GMT+00:00
Start to Summer kicks into gear Saturday - Community Press Tweet this news
Community Press--At 1 pm on -George- Street, the Rotary Club of Havelock will hold its annual fire truck pull, one of the day's most popular events. ... - Date : Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:35:02 GMT+00:00
USD/JPY kicks it into gear as well - ForexLive (blog) Tweet this news
ForexLive (blog)---George-: Dow less than 100 points down for the day. Close to 10000. Expect resistance here!! -George-: Matthew, I hope I am right too because Ijust went short ... - Date : Tue, 25 May 2010 18:54:33 GMT+00:00
Star Wars Costuming Groups Gear up for Phoenix Comicon - Phoenix New Times (blog) Tweet this news
Phoenix New Times (blog)--For LaFortune, Phoenix Comicon offers one more way to celebrate Star Wars creator -George- Lucas' franchise. "He has things going on all the time," she says. ... - Date : Tue, 25 May 2010 16:12:04 GMT+00:00
2 US Reps Want To Strip F-35 Alt-engine Funds - DefenseNews.com (subscription) Tweet this news
DefenseNews.com (subscription)--The Pentagon - bridging the -George- W. Bush and Obama administrations - has for years attempted to kill the alternative engine effort. ... - Date : Tue, 25 May 2010 19:49:22 GMT+00:00
The Double Standard World of Sarah Palin - Huffington Post (blog) Tweet this news
Huffington Post (blog)--As the 2010 campaign season shifts into high -gear- there will surely be many new opportunities for Sarah Palin to display her Olympian mastery of the Double ... - Date : Tue, 25 May 2010 15:01:45 GMT+00:00
Five Speed Bumps For Alabama To Negotiate In 2010 - Bleacher Report Tweet this news
Bleacher Report--The running game should be in full -gear- and prevent an upset in this season opener. But the offense should not back off, and must use this game as a teaser ... - Date : Wed, 26 May 2010 00:16:19 GMT+00:00



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