Donald William Maisey (6 May 1915 – 20 April 2005) was an Australian politician.

Biography

Born in

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, Maisey was educated at Wesley College in

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before becoming a farmer and grazier at Dowerin. During the Depression, Maisey became active in organising primary producers and helped form the Farmer's Union of Western Australia in 1947.Whitington, p. 138. He was President of the Australian Wheatgrowers' Federation in 1954. In 1963, he was elected to the

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as the Country Party member for

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. He held the seat until 1974, when he was defeated by a candidate from the

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. Maisey died in 2005.

References

Sources

* Whitington, D (1964) ''The Rulers'', Landsdowne Press: Melbourne. National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Moore Members of the Australian House of Representatives 1915 births 2005 deaths People from Goomalling, Western Australia 20th-century Australian politicians People educated at Wesley College, Perth {{Australia-National-politician-stub