Cambell Crawford Nalder (20 December 1937 – 14 March 1987) was an Australian politician who served as a National Party member of the Legislative Assembly of

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from 1986 to 1987, representing the seat of Narrogin. The son of Crawford Nalder, who later served as the state's

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, Nalder was born in Wagin, a small town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Like his father, he went on to board at Wesley College,

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, graduating in 1954. Nalder was elected to parliament at the 1986 state election, but died of cancer in March 1987, aged 49, having served just over a year. His death necessitated a by-election, which was won by National Party candidate

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. Nalder's son,

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, was elected as the

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member for

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and later member for

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, while his niece, Karen Middleton, is the chief political correspondent for The Saturday Paper.MacDonald, Janine (1997)
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''. Published 27 September 1997. Retrieved from Factiva, 3 April 2013.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nalder, Cambell 1937 births 1987 deaths Australian people of English descent Deaths from cancer in Western Australia Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly People educated at Wesley College, Perth People from Wagin, Western Australia National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia 20th-century Australian politicians