Ian Medcalf
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Ian Medcalf | |
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| Attorney-General of Western Australia | |
| In office 22 December 1975 – 25 February 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Neil McNeill |
| Succeeded by | Joe Berinson |
| Member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia | |
| In office 22 May 1968 – 21 May 1986 | |
| Preceded by | Keith Watson |
| Succeeded by | Max Evans |
| Constituency | Metropolitan Province |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 July 1918 |
| Died | 1 May 2011 (aged 92) Claremont, Western Australia |
| Party | Liberal |
| Alma mater | University of Western Australia |
Ian George Medcalf AO ED QC (12 July 1918 – 1 May 2011) was an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1968 to 1986. He served as Attorney-General of Western Australia from 1975 to 1983, in the governments of Sir Charles Court and Ray O'Connor.
Medcalf was born in Perth, but spent his early childhood in Albany, where he attended Albany High School. He returned to Perth to attend Scotch College, and then went on to the University of Western Australia, where he graduated with a law degree in 1941. Medcalf enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in July 1942, and during the war served as an officer with the 16th Battalion. He continued with the Citizen Military Forces (now the Australian Army Reserve) after the war's end, and eventually reached the rank of lieutenant-colonel. Outside of his involvement with the military, Medcalf worked as a solicitor, and in 1951 was made a partner in his law firm. Between 1949 and 1952, he also lectured in property law at his alma mater.[1]
