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{{short description|Australian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| name = Sir Gordon Chalk
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|KBE}}
| image = Gordon_Chalk_1963.jpg
| imagesize =
| smallimage =
| caption = Gordon Chalk in 1963

| office = 30th [[Premier of Queensland]]
| term_start = 1 August 1968
| term_end = 8 August 1968
| monarch = [[Elizabeth II]]
| governor = [[Alan Mansfield|Sir Alan Mansfield]]
| deputy = [[Joh Bjelke-Petersen]]
| predecessor = [[Jack Pizzey]]
| successor = Joh Bjelke-Petersen

| office1 = Leader of the [[Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division)|Queensland Liberal Party]] Elections: [[1966 Queensland state election|1966]], [[1969 Queensland state election|1969]], [[1972 Queensland state election|1972]], [[1974 Queensland state election|1974]]
| term_start1 = 23 December 1965
| term_end1 = 13 August 1976
| deputy1 = [[Alex Dewar]] (1965–1967) [[Peter Delamothe]] (1967–1971) [[William Knox (Queensland politician)|William Knox]] (1971–1976)
| predecessor1 = [[Thomas Hiley]]
| successor1 = [[William Knox (Queensland politician)|William Knox]]

| office2 = 35th [[Treasurer of Queensland]]
| term_start2 = 23 December 1965
| term_end2 = 13 August 1976
| premier2 = [[Frank Nicklin]] [[Jack Pizzey]] [[Joh Bjelke-Petersen]]
| predecessor2 = [[Thomas Hiley]]
| successor2 = [[William Knox (Queensland politician)|William Knox]]

| office3 = 20th [[Deputy Premier of Queensland]]
| term_start3 = 8 August 1968
| term_end3 = 13 August 1976
| premier3 = [[Joh Bjelke-Petersen]]
| predecessor3 = [[Joh Bjelke-Petersen]]
| successor3 = [[William Knox (Queensland politician)|William Knox]]
| term_start4 = 23 December 1965
| term_end4 = 1 August 1968
| premier4 = [[Frank Nicklin]] [[Jack Pizzey]]
| predecessor4 = [[Thomas Hiley]]
| successor4 = [[Joh Bjelke-Petersen]]
| office5 = Deputy Leader of the [[Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division)|Queensland Liberal Party]]
| term_start5 = 28 January 1965
| term_end5 = 23 December 1965
| leader5 = [[Thomas Hiley]]
| predecessor5 = [[Thomas Hiley]]
| successor5 = [[Alex Dewar]]
| office6 = Minister for Transport
| term_start6 = 12 August 1957
| term_end6 = 23 December 1965
| premier6 = [[Frank Nicklin]]
| predecessor6 = [[Thomas Moores]]
| successor6 = [[William Knox (Queensland politician)|William Knox]]

| office7 = Member of the [[Queensland Legislative Assembly]] for [[Electoral district of Lockyer|Lockyer]] [[Electoral district of East Toowoomba|East Toowoomba]] (1950–1976)
| term_start7 = 3 May 1947
| term_end7 = 12 August 1976
| predecessor7 = [[Les Wood (politician)|Les Wood]]
| successor7 = [[Tony Bourke (Australian politician)|Tony Bourke]]

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1913|5|16}}
| birth_place = [[Rosewood, Queensland|Rosewood]], [[Queensland]], Australia
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1991|4|26|1913|5|16}}
| death_place = [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia
| restingplace = [[Albert Street Uniting Church|Uniting Church]], [[Albert Street, Brisbane|Albert Street]]
| nationality = [[Australians|Australian]]
| party = [[Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division)|Liberal]]{{efn|Formerly called the '''Queensland People's Party''', when Chalk joined the party.}}
| otherparty = [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]]{{efn|Since the Liberal and National parties are in a coalition agreement since the foundation of the Liberal party, Chalk is a member of the ''Coalition'' via his ex-officio position within the Liberal Party leadership.}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Ellen Clare Grant|1937}}
| relations =
| children =
| residence =
| alma_mater =
| occupation = [[Sales|Sales Representative]], [[Newspaper|Newspaper employee]]
| profession =
| signature =
| website =
| footnotes =
}}
'''Sir Gordon William Wesley Chalk''', {{post-nominals|country=AUS|KBE}}<ref name=adb>[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/chalk-gordon-william-chalkie-15168Chalk, Gordon William (Chalkie) (1913–1991)] — [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]]. Retrieved 14 January 2015.</ref> (16 May 1913{{spaced ndash}}26 April 1991) was [[Premier of Queensland]] for a week, from 1 to 8 August 1968.<ref name=qp>{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=[[Parliament of Queensland]]|year=2015| url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=145|access-date= 15 January 2015}}</ref> He was the first and only Queensland Premier from the [[Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division)|post-war Liberal Party]].

==Early years==
The only child of Queensland-born parents Samuel Chalk, butcher, and his wife, Sarah Elizabeth ({{nee}} Wesley), "Chalkie", as he was nicknamed, was baptised in the Church of Christ (but as an adult gave his religion as Methodist). He attended Rosewood State, Marburg Rural, and Lockyer State High Schools.<ref name=adb/>

==Career==
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[[File:Gordon Chalk, 1950.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Gordon Chalk c. 1950]]
Chalk entered politics in 1947 having previously worked as a sales manager at the [[Toowoomba Foundry]].<ref name=T&BT>New Transport Minister for Queensland ''[[Truck & Bus Transportation]]'', October 1957, pg. 66.</ref> In January 1965, he defeated [[Alex Dewar]] 11 votes to 9 to be elected as Deputy Liberal Leader, after [[Alan Munro (politician)|Alan Munro]] resigned as leader and Deputy Premier.

On 23 December 1965, Chalk succeeded the retiring [[Thomas Hiley|Sir Thomas Hiley]] as Leader of the Queensland Liberal Party, Deputy Premier and Treasurer in a coalition government with the [[National Party of Australia – Queensland|Country Party]] led by [[Frank Nicklin]]. He did so by defeating Dewar a second time, 12 votes to 8.<ref>{{cite book |last1=WANNA |first1=JOHN |last2=ARKLAY |first2=TRACEY |title=The Ayes Have It: The history of the Queensland Parliament, 1957-1989 |date=2010 |publisher=ANU Press |pages= 97|jstor=j.ctt24h7kp.1 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt24h7kp.1 |access-date=26 September 2022}}</ref> He continued in these roles when [[Jack Pizzey]] succeeded Nicklin as Premier on 17 January 1968.

Following the sudden death of Pizzey on 31 July 1968, the [[Governor of Queensland|Governor]] Sir [[Alan Mansfield]] swore in Chalk as Premier on 1 August, pending the Country Party electing a new leader. They chose [[Joh Bjelke-Petersen]], who succeeded Chalk after a week in office.{{cn|date=September 2022}}

Chalk continued as Treasurer and Leader of the Liberal Party until his resignation from parliament in 1976.{{cn|date=September 2022}}

===Political positions===
====Seats held====
* 1947–1950 [[Electoral district of East Toowoomba|East Toowoomba]] for the [[Queensland People's Party]] and the [[Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division)|Liberal Party]]
* 1950–1976 [[Electoral district of Lockyer|Lockyer]] for the [[Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division)|Liberal Party]] (resigned)

====Ministerial positions====
* [[Minister for Transport (Queensland)|Minister for Transport]] 12 August 1957 – 23 December 1965<ref name=qp/><ref name=T&BT/>
* [[Treasurer of Queensland|Treasurer]] 23 December 1965 – 13 August 1976<ref name=qp/>
* [[Premier of Queensland|Premier]] 1 August 1968 – 8 August 1968<ref name=qp/>

==Honours==
In the Queen's Birthday Honours of June 1971, he was made a [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (KBE).<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1082165 It's an Honour – KBE]</ref>

==Personal life==
Upon his death in 1991 Chalk was accorded a [[State funeral]] which was held at [[Albert Street Uniting Church]]<ref name="adb"/> and he was later cremated.<ref name=adb/>

==References==
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{{succession box | title=[[Electoral district of East Toowoomba|Member for East Toowoomba]] | before=[[Les Wood (politician)|Les Wood]] | after=Seat abolished | years=1947–1950}}
{{succession box | title=[[Electoral district of Lockyer|Member for Lockyer]] | before=Seat created | after=[[Tony Bourke (Australian politician)|Tony Bourke]] | years=1950–1976}}
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{{succession box | title=[[Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division)|Parliamentary Leader of the Liberal Party in Queensland]]| before=[[Thomas Hiley]] | after= [[William Knox (Queensland politician)|William Knox]] | years=1965–1976}}
{{succession box | title=[[Premier of Queensland]] | before=[[Jack Pizzey]] | after=[[Joh Bjelke-Petersen]] | years=1968}}
{{succession box | title=[[Deputy Premier of Queensland]] | before=[[Alan Munro (politician)|Alan Munro]] | after=[[William Knox (Queensland politician)|William Knox]] | years=1965–1976}}
{{succession box | title=[[Treasurer of Queensland]] | before=[[Thomas Hiley]] | after=[[William Knox (Queensland politician)|William Knox]] | years=1965–1976}}
{{succession box | title=[[Minister for Transport (Queensland)|Minister for Transport]] | before=[[Thomas Moores]] | after=[[William Knox (Queensland politician)|William Knox]] | years=1957–1965}}
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