Yvonne Gates, Baroness Gates
 The Right Honourable The Baroness Gates DM EC | |
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| 18th Prime Minister of New Ingerland | |
| In office 20 August 1984 – 26 November 1986 | |
| Monarch | Geoffrey VII |
| Deputy | Peter Cunningham |
| Preceded by | Cassandra Yee |
| Succeeded by | Antonia Davidson |
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| Born | 26 March 1933 Corfe Harbour, FITZ |
| Political party | National |
| Religion | Christian (Ingerian) |
The Right Honourable Yvonne Helen Emily Gates DM EC (née Golbrook; born 26 March 1933), is a National Party politician who served as the seventh Prime Minister of New Ingerland from August 1984 until November 1986. Born in Sydney, Australia and trained as a marine biologist, Gates was drawn to a career in politics in the early days New Ingerland's independence. Serving as Minister of State for Home Affairs in the Meyer government and Minister of State for Finance in the Corbett cabinet, Gates was an able and ambitious minister on the up.
Elected leader of her party following the death of Phillip Corbett, Gate's time as Prime Minister proved to be brief, with a slim majority inherited in the House of Assembly compromised by her poor relationship with the Christian Democratic Party with whom the government relied as a coalition partner. Her government was eventually brought down by the Banks Scandal in late 1986 when most of the Christian Democrats crossed the floor on a motion of no confidence, forcing Gates to resign. Along with Cassandra Yee, Gates one of only two Prime Ministers to have never faced the voters in a general election.
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Cassandra Yee |
Prime Minister of New Ingerland 1984 – 1986 |
Succeeded by Antonia Davidson |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by Phillip Corbett |
Leader of the National Party 1984 – 1986 |
Succeeded by Jenny Petersen |