Laurie Failes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian politician
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Place of Birth: Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia
About Laurie Failes
- Laurence John "Laurie" Failes (6 October 1899 – 7 July 1976) was an Australian politician.
- Born in Coonabarabran, New South Wales, he attended state schools and then Hawkesbury Agricultural College before becoming a farmer at Bugaldie and then a businessman at Coonabarabran.
- He served in World War II 1942-45.
- In 1949, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Country Party member for Lawson.
- He held Lawson until its abolition in 1969, at which time he retired.
- Failes died in 1976.
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