death_date constituency_mp nationality birth_date constituency_am term_end restingplace death_place term_start spouse image name occupation predecessor parliament birth_place assembly party successor religion article_title
26 october 1979 wide bay australian 22 august 1888 burrum isis 14 october 1958 11 june 1932 29 april 1950 apple tree creek cemetery childers , queensland 29 may 1954 09 october 1920 11 june 1932 myrtle maud kingston -lrb- m. 1913 d. 1984 -rrb- william brand.jpg sir william brand sugarcane grower bernard corser albert whitford australian childers , queensland queensland legislative queensland legislative country party henry bandidt jack pizzey church of england william brand

william brand

sir william alfred brand , cbe -lrb- 22 august 1888 -- 26 october 1979 -rrb- was an australian politician .
born in childers , queensland , he was educated at apple tree creek state school before becoming a sugarcane grower .
he became president of the australian sugar growers association in 1943 .
in 1920 , he was elected to the legislative assembly of queensland as the country party member for burrum , transferring to isis in 1932 .
he was deputy leader of the opposition from 1944 to 1947 .
he retired from the assembly in 1950 , but in 1954 was elected to the australian house of representatives as the country party member for wide bay , which he held until his retirement in 1958 .
brand was knighted in 1965 .
brand died in 1979 and was buried in apple tree creek cemetery .
