Crawford Nalder

Sir Crawford Nalder
Deputy Premier of Western Australia
In office
1 February 1962 – 3 March 1971
PremierSir David Brand
Preceded byArthur Watts
Succeeded byHerb Graham
Leader of the Country Party
in Western Australia
In office
1 February 1962 – 17 July 1973
Preceded byArthur Watts
Succeeded byRay McPharlin
Member of the Legislative Assembly
of Western Australia
In office
15 March 1947 – 25 March 1950
Preceded bySydney Stubbs
Succeeded byNone (abolished)
ConstituencyWagin
In office
25 March 1950 – 30 March 1974
Preceded byArthur Watts
Succeeded byDick Old
ConstituencyKatanning
Personal details
Born(1910-02-14)14 February 1910
Katanning, Western Australia
Died8 December 1994(1994-12-08) (aged 84)
Bentley, Western Australia
Political partyCountry Party

Sir Crawford David Nalder (14 February 1910 – 8 December 1994) was an Australian politician who served as Deputy Premier of Western Australia from 1962 to 1971. He was leader of the Country Party in Western Australia from 1962 to 1973.

Nalder was born in Katanning, Western Australia. A farmer, he was elected to Legislative Assembly at the 1947 state election, winning the seat of Wagin. He switched to the seat of Katanning at the 1950 election. Having served as the party's deputy leader since 1956, Nalder replaced Arthur Watts as leader of the Country Party in 1962. He maintained the existing coalition with the Liberal Party (led by David Brand), with the Brand government eventually being defeated at the 1971 election. Nalder retired from parliament in 1974 and was knighted later that year.