Court family

Court family

The Court family has played a significant role in the politics of Western Australia in the second half of the 20th century.

Sir Charles Walter Michael Court, AK, KCMG, OBE, (born 29 September 1911) was a Western Australian politician, representing the Assembly seat of Nedlands for the Liberal Party from 1953 to 1982. Charles Court was the state's twenty-first premier, from 8 April 1974 to 25 January 1982.

Richard Fairfax Court AC (born Nedlands, 27 September 1947), was a Western Australian politician, representing the seat of Nedlands in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the Liberal Party of Australia from 1982 to 2001. He served as Premier of Western Australia from 1993 to 2001. His older brother Barry was president of the Pastoralists' and Graziers' Association, and married Margaret Court.


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