# David Grayden
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{{Short description|Australian politician (1924–2003)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific_prefix =
|name = David Grayden
|honorific_suffix =
|image =
|alt =
|caption =
|office = Member of the [Legislative Assembly](/source/Western_Australian_Legislative_Assembly)
of [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia)
|constituency = [Nedlands](/source/Electoral_district_of_Nedlands)
|term_start = 25 March 1950
|term_end = 14 February 1953
|predecessor = Sir [Norbert Keenan](/source/Norbert_Keenan)
|successor = [Charles Court](/source/Charles_Court)
|birth_name = David Ives
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|5|25|df=yes}}
|birth_place = [Perth](/source/Perth), Western Australia
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2003|6|9|1924|5|25|df=yes}}
|death_place = [Sydney](/source/Sydney), [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales), Australia
|party = [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Australia_(Western_Australian_Division))
|other_party =
|relatives = [Bill Grayden](/source/Bill_Grayden) (brother)
|alma_mater = [University of Western Australia](/source/University_of_Western_Australia)
[University of New England](/source/University_of_New_England_(Australia))
}}
'''David Grayden''' ({{né}} '''Ives'''; 25 May 1924 – 9 June 2003) was an Australian politician who was a member of the [Legislative Assembly](/source/Western_Australian_Legislative_Assembly) of [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia) from 1950 to 1953, representing the [seat of Nedlands](/source/Electoral_district_of_Nedlands).
Grayden was born in [Perth](/source/Perth) to Ethel May (née Harper) and Aubrey Leonard Ives. His older brother was [Bill Grayden](/source/Bill_Grayden), an MP at both state and federal level, while the brothers' maternal grandfather was businessman [Nat Harper](/source/Nat_Harper), who was also involved in politics. Their mother remarried in the 1930s, changing the brothers' surname to that of their step-father. Grayden spent part of his early childhood in the United Kingdom, but eventually returned to Perth, where he attended [Wesley College](/source/Wesley_College%2C_Perth). He went on to the [University of Western Australia](/source/University_of_Western_Australia), graduating with a [Bachelor of Arts](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) degree. During World War II, Grayden enlisted in the [Australian Army](/source/Australian_Army), serving in the Middle East and New Guinea. On his return to Australia, he became a director of the Winterbottom Motor Company, a prominent local motor vehicle distributor.[[http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/library/MPHistoricalData.nsf/(Lookup)/029207CA48425049482577E50028A60F?OpenDocument David Grayden] – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 May 2016.]
A state president of the [Young Liberals](/source/Young_Liberals_(Australia)), Grayden stood for parliament for the first time in 1948, contesting [a by-election](/source/1948_Guildford-Midland_state_by-election) for the [seat of Guildford-Midland](/source/Electoral_district_of_Guildford) as an endorsed Liberal candidate. At the [1950 state election](/source/1950_Western_Australian_state_election), he failed to gain official endorsement, but won the seat of Nedlands as an "independent Liberal" candidate. His time in parliament was short-lived however, as he was defeated by [Charles Court](/source/Charles_Court) (a future Liberal premier) at the [1953 election](/source/1953_Western_Australian_state_election). Grayden contested Nedlands for a third time at the [1956 election](/source/1956_Western_Australian_state_election), but lost by an increased margin.[{{cite book|last=Black|first=David|authorlink=David Black (historian)|last2=Prescott|first2=Valerie|title=Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996|year=1997|publisher=Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission|location=Perth, [W.A.]|isbn=0730984095}}] After leaving politics, he worked as a company director in Perth for a period, before moving to [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales) in the late 1950s. There, Grayden retrained as a schoolteacher, studying at the [University of New England](/source/University_of_New_England_(Australia)). He worked as a high school teacher until his retirement in 1984, and spent the rest of his life on the New South Wales [Central Coast](/source/Central_Coast_(New_South_Wales)).