Harold Norman Holgate AO (5 December 1933 – 16 March 1997) was a Labor Party politician and

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from 11 November 1981 to 26 May 1982. Born in

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in 1933, Holgate was a television producer and journalist prior to entering politics, arriving in Tasmania to work for '' The Examiner'' newspaper in 1963. He first stood for election in 1972 but was unable to meet the required quota of 4,707 votes. From 1973 to 1974, he worked as a press secretary for Deputy Prime Minister

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. In 1974, he was elected on a recount after the resignation of

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. He held his seat from 26 July 1974 until 1992, and was

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of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from May 1975 to December 1976. Holgate became Premier in 1981 after a

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was raised against Doug Lowe, who subsequently resigned from the party. Holgate only stayed in office for seven months, before being defeated by Robin Gray's Liberals at the 1982 election—only the second time in 48 years that Labor had been consigned to opposition in Tasmania.Angle, Maura
The Franklin Dam dispute
''Stateline'' (Tasmanian edition) ( ABC TV), 27 June 2003. Until

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in 2014, Holgate was the last defeated Premier who did not then serve as Leader of the Opposition. When the ALP next achieved government in 1989, under Michael Field, Holgate was not included in the cabinet. Nevertheless, he remained a member of parliament until he retired at the 1992 election. He died of

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in Launceston on 16 March 1997.

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