Henry William Braid (11 June 1917 – 11 October 2001) was an Australian politician. Braid was born in Staverton,

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; his cousin,

Ian Braid Ian Maxwell Braid (born 8 July 1935) is a former Australian politician. He was born in Sheffield, Tasmania, and is the cousin of former Tasmanian MLC Harry Braid. In 1969, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly representing Wilmot f ...

, was also a politician. In 1972 he was elected to the

Tasmanian Legislative Council The Tasmanian Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. It is one of the two chambers of the Parliament, the other being the House of Assembly. Both houses sit in Parliament House in the state capital, H ...

as the

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member for Mersey. He was President of the Council from 1983 to 1984. He retired in 1990. His daughter was

Sue Napier Suzanne Deidre Napier (née Braid; 1 January 1948 – 5 August 2010) was an Australian politician. She was a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the Division of Bass. Napier was first elected in 1992 and was re-elected in 1996, 1998, ...

, state Liberal Party leader from 1999 to 2001.

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