Keith Watson (politician)
Sir Keith Watson | |
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Watson in 1934 | |
| Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council | |
| In office 8 May 1948 – 21 May 1968 | |
| Constituency | Metropolitan Province |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Henry Keith Watson 22 August 1900 Southern Cross, Western Australia, Australia |
| Died | 13 January 1973 (aged 72) Bentley, Western Australia, Australia |
| Party | Nationalist (to 1945) Liberal (from 1945) |
| Spouse |
Edith Symonds (m. 1926) |
| Occupation | Accountant Company director |
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Sir Henry Keith Watson (22 August 1900 – 13 January 1973) was an Australian businessman and politician. He was a leader of the Western Australian secession movement in the 1930s, holding office in the Dominion League of Western Australia. He was a prominent campaigner in the 1933 secession referendum and served on the delegation to the British parliament which ultimately failed to achieve the movement's aims. Watson later represented the Liberal Party in the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1948 to 1968. He was a tax accountant by profession and a long-serving chairman of the Perth Building Society.