12 Facts About Crawford Nalder

Sir Crawford David Nalder was an Australian politician who served as Deputy Premier of Western Australia from 1962 to 1971.

Crawford Nalder was leader of the Country Party in Western Australia from 1962 to 1973.

Crawford Nalder switched to the seat of Katanning at the 1950 election.

Crawford Nalder maintained the existing coalition with the Liberal Party, with the Brand government eventually being defeated at the 1971 election.

Crawford Nalder retired from parliament in 1974 and was knighted later that year.

Crawford Nalder was born in Katanning, a small town in Western Australia's Great Southern region, to Janet and Henry Arthur Crawford Nalder.

Crawford Nalder received his early education from state schools in Colanilling, Ballaying, and Bonnie Doon, but boarded at Wesley College, Perth, for his final two years of schooling.

The electoral district of Wagin was abolished in a redistribution prior to the 1950 state elections, and Crawford Nalder successfully contested Katanning, which had been vacated following the decision of Arthur Watts, the leader of the party, to move to Stirling.

Crawford Nalder would hold Katanning until his retirement in 1974, on occasion being re-elected unopposed.

Crawford Nalder had been elected deputy leader of the Country Party in 1956, replacing Lindsay Thorn, and on Watts' retirement in February 1962, succeeded him as the party's leader.

On 15 June 1974, following his retirement, Crawford Nalder was created a Knight Bachelor.

Crawford Nalder eventually retired to Bentley, dying there in December 1994.