Cyril Richard Cornish, DSO (30 June 1891 – 10 October 1961) was an Australian businessman and politician who was an independent member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1942 to 1946, representing North Province.
After leaving school, he worked for periods with a merchant firm in Katanning, as a miner on the Eastern Goldfields, and as an engine driver for Western Australian Government Railways.
Cornish enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in December 1915, and during the war served in France with the 44th Battalion.
[2] After leaving the military, Cornish moved to Onslow, where he was a publican and was also elected to the Ashburton Road Board.
Cornish entered parliament in June 1942, winning a Legislative Council by-election caused by the death of Joseph Holmes.