Court family

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The Court family has played a significant role in the politics of Western Australia in the second half of the twentieth century.

Sir Charles Walter Michael Court, AK, KCMG, OBE, (born September 29, 1911) was a Western Australian politician, representing the Assembly seat of Nedlands for the Liberal Party from 1953 to 1982. Charles Court was the state's twenty-first premier, from April 8, 1974 to January 25, 1982.

Richard Fairfax Court AC (born Nedlands, 27 September 1947), was a Western Australian politician, representing the seat of Nedlands in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the Liberal Party of Australia from 1982 to 2001. He served as Premier of Western Australia from 1993 to 2001. His older brother Barry was president of the Pastoralists' and Graziers' Association, and married Margaret Court.