David Brand
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The Honourable Sir David Brand KCMG |
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| 19th Premier of Western Australia Elections: 1959, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1971 |
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In office 2 April 1959 – 3 March 1971 |
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| Preceded by | Albert Hawke |
| Succeeded by | John Tonkin |
| Constituency | Greenough |
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1 August 1912 Dongara, Western Australia, Australia |
| Died | 15 April 1979 (aged 66) Carnamah, Western Australia, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Doris Elspeth McNeill |
Sir David Brand KCMG (1 August 1912 – 15 April 1979) was an Australian politician. A member of the Liberal Party, he was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1945 to 1975, and also the 19th and longest-serving Premier of Western Australia, serving four terms from the 1959 to the 1971 elections. He resigned as leader of the Liberal Party in 1973, and retired from politics in 1975, dying from heart disease in 1979.
Brand was born in Dongara, Western Australia, the eldest of four children of Albert John Brand, a farmer, and his wife Hilda, née Mitchell. His maternal grandfather was Samuel Mitchell, a Cornish immigrant who was a pioneer of the mining industry in Western Australia and served in both houses of state parliament. Brand's parents farmed at Northampton and moved to a farm near Mullewa in 1924. He left school at 14 to work on the farm, and at Mullewa became secretary of the local branch of the Primary Producers' Association, a forerunner of the Farmers Federation.
In 1935, Brand moved to Kalgoorlie and worked at the Golden Horseshoe Mine, as a truck driver, treatment hand, filter specialist and shift boss. In his spare time, he was active in the Methodist Church and as a scoutmaster. Brand was of Cornish descent, like both his predecessor, Albert Hawke, and successor, John Tonkin, as premier.
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