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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 1971 .

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 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 {Link without Title} .

  Before Albert Hawke
  Title Premier Of Western Australia
  Years 1959-1971