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- #OnThisDay 30 November 2018 George Herbert Walker Bush died at the age of 94 in Houston, Texas. He served as the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 as a member of the Republican Party. #OTD #history #uspol #uspoli #uspolitics #politics
- #OnThisDay 30 November 1977 Thomas Godfrey Polson Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan died at the age of 81 in Rowallan Castle, Kilmarnock, Scotland. He served as the 19th Governor of Tasmania from 1959 to 1963. #OTD #history #politas #politics #ukpol #ukpolitics
- #OnThisDay 30 November 1976 Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin "Mark" Oliphant retired as the 27th Governor of South Australia, having served since 1971. He was succeeded the next day by Sir Douglas Ralph Nicholls. #OTD #history #sapol #sapolitics #saparli #parlisa #politics
- A late #OnThisDay. On 30 November 1973 Sir Edric Montague Bastyan retired as the 20th Governor of Tasmania, having served since 1968. He was succeeded a few days later by Sir Stanley Charles Burbury. Guy Stephen Montague Green was Administrator in the interim. #OTD #history #politas #politics
- #OnThisDay 30 November 1963 Cyril Louis Norton Newall, 1st Baron Newall died at the age of 77 in London, England. He served as the 6th Governor-General of New Zealand from 1941 to 1946. #OTD #history #nzpol #nzpolitics #ukpol #ukpolitics #politics
- A slightly late #OnThisDay. On 30 November 1928 Raymond Steele Hall was born in Balaklava, South Australia. He served as the 36th Premier of South Australia from 1968 to 1970 as leader of the Liberal and Country League. #OTD #history #sapol #sapolitics #saparli #parlisa #politics #auspol
- #OnThisDay 30 November 1901 Edward John Eyre died at the age of 86 in Devon, England. He served as the sole Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster from 1848 to 1853, and as Governor of Jamaica from 1862 to 1865. #OTD #history #nzpol #nzpolitics #jamaica #newmunster #politics
- A slightly late #OnThisDay. On 30 November 1892 Sir Robert George Crookshank Hamilton retired as the 6th Governor of Tasmania, having served since 1887. He was succeeded in 1893 by Jenico William Joseph Preston, 4th Viscount Gormanston. Sir William Lambert Dobson served as Administrator in the
- A slightly late #OnThisDay. On 30 November 1874 Charles Du Cane retired as the 3rd Governor of Tasmania, having served since 1869. He was succeeded in 1875 by Frederick Aloysius Weld. Sir Francis Villeneuve Smith was thus Administrator in the interim. #OTD #history #politas #politics
- #OnThisDay 30 November 1874 Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born in Blenheim, Oxfordshire, England. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, and from 1951 to 1955, as leader of the Conservative Party. #OTD #history #ukpol #ukpolitics #politics
- #OnThisDay 30 November 1292 John Balliol was crowned as King of Scots, after succeeding to the throne earlier in the month. #OTD #history #scotland #royals #royalfamily #politics #ukpol #ukpolitics
- #OnThisDay 30 November 1016 Edmund Ironside died at the age of about 26 in Oxford or London, England. He had reigned as King of the English since April. He was succeeded by Cnut. #OTD #history #england #royals #royalfamily #politics #ukpol #ukpolitics
- #OnThisDay 29 November 2018 Daniel Michael Andrews, leader of the Labor Party, was sworn in to a second consecutive term as the 48th Premier of Victoria. #OTD #history #vicpol #vicpolitics #politics
- #OnThisDay 29 November 1990 Sir Paul Alfred Reeves retired as the 15th Governor-General of New Zealand, having served since 1985. He was succeeded the next month by Dame Catherine Anne Tizard. Sir Johann Thomas Eichelbaum thus took office as Administrator. #OTD #history #nzpol #nzpolitics #politics
- #OnThisDay 29 November 1937 Joseph Aloysius Lyons, leader of the United Australia Party, was sworn in to a third consecutive term, and fourth consecutive time, as the 10th Prime Minister of Australia. #OTD #history #auspol #auspolitics #politics
- #OnThisDay 29 November 1928 Stanley Melbourne Bruce, leader of the Nationalist Party, was sworn in to a third consecutive term as the 8th Prime Minister of Australia. #OTD #history #auspol #politics #auspolitics
- #OnThisDay 29 November 1917 John Bowser, leader of the Nationalist Party, was sworn in as the 26th Premier of Victoria, succeeding Sir Alexander James Peacock of the Liberal Party. #OTD #history #vicpol #vicpolitics #politics
- #OnThisDay 29 November 1894 Charles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck died at the age of 75 in Enniskerry, County Wicklow, Ireland. He served as the last Governor General of the Province of Canada from 1861 to 1867, and as the first Governor General of Canada from 1867 to 1868. #OTD #history #ukpol
- #OnThisDay 29 November 1880 Sir Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon was sworn in as the 9th Governor of New Zealand, succeeding Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, who retired in September. James Prendergast stepped down as Administrator. #OTD #history #nzpol #nzpolitics #politics
- #OnThisDay 29 November 1698 Louis-Hector de Callière took office as Governor General of New France, succeeding Louis de Buade, Count de Frontenac, who died the day before. #OTD #history #canpoli #cndpoli #politics
- #OnThisDay 29 November 1489 Margaret Tudor was born in the Palace of Westminster, Westminster, England. She was Queen of Scots from 1503 to 1513 as the wife of King James IV, and Regent from 1513 to 1515, and from 1524 to 1525, during the minority of her son James V. #OTD #royals #history #scotland
- #OnThisDay 29 November 1338 Prince Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence was born in Antwerp, Brabant. He served as the King's Lieutenant of Ireland from 1361 to 1364, and from 1364 to 1366. #OTD #history #ireland #royals #royalfamily #politics
- #OnThisDay 29 November 1330 Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March was executed at the age of 43 in Tyburn, London, England. He served as the King's Lieutenant of Ireland from 1316 to 1318, and from 1319 to 1320, and as de facto Regent of England from 1327 to 1330. #OTD #history #england #politics #ukpol
- A slightly late #OnThisDay. On 28 November 2000 John Christopher Anictomatis took office office as Administrator of the Northern Territory, succeeding Neil Raymond Conn. #OTD #history #ntpol #ntpolitics #politics
- A slightly late #OnThisDay. On 28 November 1996 John Wayne Olsen, leader of the Liberal Party, was sworn in as the 42nd Premier of South Australia, succeeding Dean Craig Brown, the previous Liberal leader. #OTD #history #sapol #sapolitics #saparli #politics
- #OnThisDay 28 November 1990 John Major, leader of the Conservative Party, took office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Margaret Hilda Thatcher, the previous Conservative leader. #OTD #history #ukpol #ukpolitics #politics
- #OnThisDay 28 November 1980 Bernard Edward Fergusson, Baron Ballantrae died at the age of 69 in London, England. He served as the 10th Governor-General of New Zealand from 1962 to 1967. #OTD #history #nzpol #nzpolitics #ukpol #ukpolitics #politics
- A slightly late #OnThisDay. On 28 November 1925 Keith John Austin Asche was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He served as Chief Justice of the Northern Territory from 1987 to 1993, and as Administrator from 1993 to 1997. #OTD #history #ntpol #ntpolitics #politics
- A slightly late #OnThisDay. On 28 November 1889 John Adrian Louis Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun was sworn in as the 7th Governor of Victoria, succeeding Sir Henry Brougham Loch, who retired earlier in the month. Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson stepped down as Administrator. #OTD #history #vicpol
- A slightly late #OnThisDay. On 28 November 1855 William Clark Haines was sworn in as the inaugural Premier of Victoria. #OTD #history #vicpol #vicpolitics #politics
- #OnThisDay 28 November 1851 Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl Grey was born in London, England. He served as Administrator of Southern Rhodesia from 1896 to 1898, and as the 9th Governor General of Canada from 1904 to 1911. #OTD #history #canpoli #cndpoli #politics #rhodesia #zimbabwe
- A slightly late #OnThisDay. On 28 November 1804 William Pritchard Weston was born in Shoreditch, Middlesex, England. He served as the 3rd Premier of Tasmania in 1857, and from 1860 to 1861. #OTD #history #politas #politics
- #OnThisDay 28 November 1698 Louis de Buade, Count de Frontenac died at the age of 76 in Chateau St-Louis, Quebec City, New France. He had served as Governor General of New France since 1689, and from 1672 to 1682. He was succeeded the next day by Louis-Hector de Callière. #OTD #history #canpoli
- #OnThisDay 28 November 1347 John L'Archers took office as Acting Justiciar of Ireland, succeeding Walter de Bermingham. #OTD #history #ireland #politics
- A slightly late #OnThisDay. On 27 November 1823 James Service was born in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland. He served as the 12th Premier of Victoria in 1880, and from 1883 to 1886. #OTD #history #vicpol #politics
- A slightly late #OnThisDay. On 27 November 2023 Christopher Mark Luxon, leader of the National Party, was sworn in as the 42nd Prime Minister of New Zealand, succeeding Christopher John "Chris" Hipkins of the Labour Party. #OTD #history #nzpol #nzpolitics #politics
- Luxon has thus served for 2 years now
- #OnThisDay 27 November 1990 Alline Dawn Lawrie retired as Administrator of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, having served since 1988. She was succeeded a few days later by Barry Thomas Cunningham. #OTD #history #auspol #cocos #politics
- #OnThisDay 27 November 1932 Domhnall Ua Buachalla was sworn in as Governor-General of Ireland, succeeding James McNeill, who retired earlier in the month. #OTD #history #ireland #politics
- #OnThisDay 27 November 862 Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid died. He had reigned as King of Mide since 845, and as High King of Ireland since 846. He was succeeded as High King by Áed Findliath, and in Mide by Lorcán mac Cathail. #OTD #history #ireland #royals #royalfamily #politics
- #OnThisDay 26 November 2007 Paul Raymond Henderson, leader of the Labor Party, was sworn in as the 8th Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, succeeding Clare Majella Martin, the previous Labor leader. #OTD #history #ntpol #ntpolitics #politics
