David Evans (Western Australian politician)

Hywel David Evans AM (20 December 1924 – 3 September 2019) was an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1968 to 1989, representing the seat of Warren.

Evans enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in January 1943, and saw service as a warrant officer in New Guinea and the South-West Pacific.

After the war's end, he studied teaching at Claremont Teachers College and the University of Western Australia, and returned to the South West to work.

[1] A long-time member of the Labor Party, Evans resigned his teaching job to contest the 1968 state election, winning the seat of Warren.

[3] Outside of politics, Evans served as a president of the Lower South West Football League, and was involved with various conservation groups.