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Preceded by
  
Name
  
William Brand

Succeeded by
  
Preceded by
  
Albert Whitford

Succeeded by
  

William Brand

Born
  
22 August 1888Childers, Queensland (
1888-08-22
)

Died
  
26 October 1979(1979-10-26) (aged 91)Childers, Queensland

Resting place
  

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Sir William Alfred Brand, CBE (22 August 1888 – 26 October 1979) 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.

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