David Cory (politician)
David Wheatcroft Cory (born 3 August 1928) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Biography. Cory was born in Warwick, Queensland, the son of Fitzroy Cory and his wife Margaret (née Wheatcroft). He was educated at Warwick Central and Intermediate State Schools before attending the Brisbane Grammar School. He became a farmer, working in Swanfels and Warwick. On 30 June 1967, Cory married Ms Barnes and together had one son. Public life. Following the death of Otto Madsen in 1963, Cory won the resulting by-election for the Country Party. He held the seat until the  1977 Queensland state elections when he retired from politics. Although never a minister during his time in parliament, he held the following roles: He was also Chairman of the Warwick Branch of the Graziers Association of South-East Queensland from 1961 to 1965. Cory was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2004 Australia Day Honours for "service to the environment, particularly in the areas of rural lands protection in Queensland, and through animal, weed and pest management".