predecessor parliament successor birth_place constituency_mp death_date nationality party birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name occupation
'' new seat '' australian '' seat abolished '' coonabarabran , new south wales lawson 7 july 1976 australian australian country party 6 october 1899 10 december 1949 laurence failes.jpg laurie failes
 29 september 1969 laurie failes farmer , businessman
laurie failes

laurence john `` laurie '' failes -lrb- 6 october 1899 -- 7 july 1976 -rrb- was an australian politician .
born in coonabarabran , new south wales , he attended state schools and then hawkesbury agricultural college before becoming a farmer at bugaldie and then a businessman at coonabarabran .
he served in world war ii 1942-45 .
in 1949 , he was elected to the australian house of representatives as the country party member for lawson .
he held lawson until its abolition in 1969 , at which time he retired .
failes died in 1976 .
