George Edmund Dowd Brand (11 March 1911 – 5 March 1997) was an Australian politician who served as a

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member of the

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from 1965 to 1971, representing

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. Brand was born in

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to Brigid Katherine (née Dowd) and George Brand. He attended Eastern Goldfields High School and then began working as a clerk for

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. He later joined his father's freight business. Brand enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in 1943 (after previous service with the Citizens Military Forces), and during the war served in transport and supply units. He was discharged in 1945 and returned to the family business, taking it over completely following the death of his father in 1957.George Edmund Dowd Brand
Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 22 January 2017. In 1955, Brand was elected to the Kalgoorlie Municipal Council, where he served until 1965. He first stood for parliament at the 1956 state election, but was defeated in the seat of Kalgoorlie by Tom Evans of the Labor Party. Brand contested the Legislative Council at the 1965 state election, winning the newly created Lower North Province against David Dellar (the Labor member for the abolished North-East Province). He served a single six-year term, losing his seat by just four votes at the 1971 election to

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, the son of his 1965 opponent. Brand eventually retired to

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, Victoria, dying there in 1997. Incidentally he was unrelated to Sir

David Brand Sir David Brand Order of St Michael and St George, KCMG (1 August 1912 – 15 April 1979) was an Australian politician. He was the longest-serving premier of Western Australia, in office from 1959 to 1971, and was state leader of the Liberal Pa ...

, Western Australia's premier 1959–1971.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brand, George 1911 births 1997 deaths Australian Army soldiers Australian Army personnel of World War II Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council People from Kalgoorlie Western Australian local councillors