    sir david brand kcmg (1 august 1912 â 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 elections. he resigned as leader of the liberal party in 1973, and retired from politics in 1975, dying from heart disease in 1979. ==early life== brand was born in dongara, western australia, the eldest of four children of albert john brand, a farmer, and his wife hilda, nÃ©e mitchell, whose father samuel mitchell was a prominent geologist and politician who was a member of the legislative council from 1884 to 1885 and later represented murchison in the legislative assembly, from 1897 to 1901.payton, philip. the cornish overseas, 2005. brand's parents farmed at northampton and moved to a farm near mullewa in 1924. he left school at 14 to work on the farm, and at mullewa became secretary of the local branch of the primary producers' association, a forerunner of the farmers federation. in 1935, brand moved to kalgoorlie and worked at the golden horseshoe mine, as a truck driver, treatment hand, filter specialist and shift boss. in his spare time, he was active in the methodist church and as a scoutmaster. brand was of cornish descent, like both his predecessor, albert hawke, and successor, john tonkin, as premier.http://w
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