Doug Cash

Earl Douglas Cash (15 July 1919 – 15 February 2002) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Liberal Party and served in the House of Representatives from 1958 to 1961, representing the Western Australian seat of Stirling. He was defeated after a single term but later served in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1968 to 1971, representing the seat of Mirrabooka.

Early life Cash was born on 15 July 1919 in Gladstone, Manitoba, Canada. He was the son of Sarah Cecile Elizabeth and Walter Gurnet Cash. His father was born in Iowa and moved to Canada as a child, working on the Canadian Pacific Railway and later as a hotel proprietor and storekeeper. His mother was born in Blackburn, England, and immigrated to Canada as a young woman.

Cash spent his early years in Deloraine, Manitoba. The family moved to Vancouver in 1922 and immigrated to Australia later that year aboard RMS Niagara. After the war's end he returned to Perth where he ran a newsagency. He briefly withdrew from the campaign in 1966 following a conflict with the Liberal state executive over his university studies. He graduated Bachelor of Arts from the Western Australian Institute of Technology in the same year, having majored in politics.

At the 1968 Western Australian state election, Cash was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Mirrabooka, a new seat. He was again defeated after a single term, losing to ALP candidate Arthur Tonkin at the 1971 state election.

Later activities Cash worked as a research officer for the Liberal Party from 1971 to 1974. He completed a graduate diploma in library studies through the Library Association of Australia and moved to Darwin in 1976. He was the special collections librarian at Darwin Community College until 1978 and then worked as librarian for the Northern Territory Department of Law until his retirement in 1982.

Personal life In 1946, Cash married Margaret Moore , with whom he had two daughters. He retired to Perth and died at Joondalup Health Campus on 15 February 2002, aged 82.