Harold David Mair, OAM (2 June 1919 – 7 September 2011) was an Australian politician. Mair was mayor of

Albury Albury () is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Hume Highway and the northern side of the Murray River. Albury is the seat of local government for the council area which also bears the city's name – the ...

from 1976 until 1977. In 1978, he was elected to the

New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ...

as the member for

, representing the Labor Party. He was only the second Labor member ever to win Albury since it was recreated in 1927, and to date the only Labor member to hold this traditionally conservative seat for more than one term. In 1988 he lost his seat to the

Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. __TOC__ Active liberal parties This is a li ...

Ian Glachan Ian Doric Glachan (15 September 1934 – 20 April 2005) was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1988 to 2003, representing the electorate Albury. He was subsequently elected Ma ...

, who had been his opponent in 1984. A footbridge constructed as part of the

Hume Freeway Hume Highway, inclusive of the sections now known as Hume Freeway and Hume Motorway, is one of Australia's major inter-city national highways, running for between Melbourne in the southwest and Sydney in the northeast. Upgrading of the route f ...

project in Albury, which replaced the Dean Street Bridge, was named after Harold Mair.

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Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1919 births 2011 deaths Mayors of places in New South Wales Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia People from Albury, New South Wales Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales {{Australia-Labor-NewSouthWales-MP-stub