David Brand

The Honourable Sir David Brand KCMG
19th Premier of Western Australia Elections: 1959, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1971
In office 2 April 1959 – 3 March 1971
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor	Sir Charles Gairdner Sir Douglas Kendrew
Deputy	Arthur Watts Sir Crawford Nalder
Preceded by	Albert Hawke
Succeeded by	John Tonkin
Minister for Local Government
In office 7 October 1949 – 6 April 1950
Premier	Ross McLarty
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Victor Doney
Personal details
Born	(1912-08-01)1 August 1912 Dongara, Western Australia, Australia
Died	15 April 1979(1979-04-15) (aged 66) Carnamah, Western Australia, Australia
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	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 election. He resigned as leader of the Liberal Party in 1973, and retired from politics in 1975, dying from heart disease in 1979.