Dick Old
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Richard Charles Old (3 December 1922 – 29 June 2007) was an Australian politician who was a member of the
Early life
Old was born in
Politics
Old entered parliament at the
In 1982, when Charles Court was replaced as premier by Ray O'Connor, Old was additionally made Minister for Fisheries and Wildlife. He remained in the ministry until the government's defeat at the 1983 election. Tensions had continued within the NCP after Old's election as leader, and in August 1978 three of its six MPs (Hendy Cowan, Ray McPharlin, and Matt Stephens) left to form their own party, the National Party. The two parties ran candidates against each other in 1980 and 1983, but agreed to merge in 1984, under the name of the National Party. The NCP was not formally wound up until January 1985. Its three remaining members in the Legislative Assembly, Old, Bert Crane, and Peter Jones, refused to join the new unified party, instead switching to the Liberal Party.[1] Old and Jones were defeated by National Party candidates at the 1986 state election, but Crane retained his seat.[2]
Later life
In retirement, Old lived in Perth and
Notes
- ^ The party was known as the National Alliance at the 1974 state election, a consequence of the merger of the former Country Party with the Democratic Labor Party.
References
- ^ a b c d Richard Charles Old – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ ISBN 0730984095.
- ^ HON RICHARD CHARLES OLD | Condolence Motion, Hansard (Parliament of Western Australia), 14 August 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ The Lawrence Government: Perspective by David Black - Part 2, Carmen Lawrence Collection, Curtin University Library. Retrieved 11 January 2017.