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Bill Grayden Australian politician, MP and Western Australian MLA dead at age 105

Bill Grayden

Bill Grayden, an Australian politician who served as a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1949 to 1954 and as a Western Australian Legislative Assembly member from 1947 to 1949 and again from 1956 to 1993, died on April 28, 2026, aged 105.

Born Wilbur Ives on August 5, 1920, in Bickley, Western Australia, he was a World War II veteran and served as a Liberal except for a brief period as an independent. He was a member of parliament across six decades.

Bill Grayden, 105, Australian politician, MP (1949–1954) and Western Australian MLA (1947–1949, 1956–1993).

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