David Brand

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Sir David Brand (1 August 1912-15 April 1979) was Premier of Western Australia from 1959-1971 and a Member of the Legislative Assembly from 1945-1975. He also worked as Opposition Leader (until election in 1959) and Minister for Tourism during his time in politics.

Brand was born in Dongara, Western Australia. He first entered State politics in 1945, as the Member for Greenough, after a short career as a shopkeeper which began that same year. He became Leader of the Liberal Party, and Leader of the Opposition, in 1957.

In 1959 the Liberal Party was elected to government, and Brand served as Premier until his narrow defeat by Labor leader John Tonkin in 1971. His administration retained office at the elections of 1962, 1965, and 1968.

In 1944, Brand married Doris Elspeth McNeill, with whom he had two children, Nita and Bernard. He died in Carnamah in 1979.

The federal electoral Division of Brand in Western Australia, created in 1984, is named after David Brand[1]. From 1988 until 1995, the West Australian Tourism Awards were named the "Sir David Brand Awards for Tourism" in recognition of his work as Minister for Tourism[2].

Preceded by Albert Hawke

Premier of Western Australia 1959-1971

Succeeded by John Tonkin

Premiers of Western Australia
Forrest | Throssell | Leake | Morgans | James | Daglish | Rason | Moore | Wilson | Scaddan | Lefroy | Colebatch | Mitchell | Collier | Willcock | Wise | McLarty | Hawke | Brand | Tonkin | C. Court | O'Connor | Burke | Dowding | Lawrence | R. Court | Gallop | Carpenter