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

Victorian Legislative Assembly

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: first as a member of the United Australia Party

United Australia Party

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 (UAP), then as a Liberal

Liberal Party of Australia

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. He took over as UAP leader when ex-Premier Stanley Argyle

Stanley Argyle

Sir Stanley Seymour Argyle KBE , Australian politician, was the 32nd Premier of Victoria. He was born in Kyneton, Victoria, the son of a grazier, and was educated at Brighton Grammar School and the University of Melbourne, where he graduated in medicine...

 died in 1940. In Albert Dunstan

Albert Dunstan

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's second wartime government (1943-1945) Hollway was Deputy Premier of Victoria

Deputy Premier of Victoria

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.

On 21 November 1947 Hollway's Liberals defeated the incumbent Labor

Australian Labor Party

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 administration of John Cain (senior)

John Cain (senior)

John Cain was an Australian politician, who became the 34th premier of Victoria, and was the first Australian Labor Party leader to win a majority in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. He was the only premier of Victoria whose son also served as premier.-Early life:Cain was born, one of 18...

. 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

National Party of Australia

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 under John McDonald

John McDonald (Victorian politician)

Sir John Gladstone Black McDonald was 37th Premier of Victoria from 27 June 1950 to 17 December 1952, except for a few days in October 1952 when Thomas Hollway led a brief Electoral Reform League government...

. 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).
• Australian Dictionary of Biography Online