(Oxon) (6 August 1923 – 14 April 2009)[1] was a lawyer, businessman, and politician in South Australia.
[3] During World War II he served in the AIF Intelligence Corps as a Japanese interpreter[2] including a brief stint in 1942–1943 at the Loveday Camp in rural South Australia.
[4] Laidlaw was elected as a Liberal candidate to the Legislative Council in July 1975 and served until November 1982.
[6] He was a member of the Royal Adelaide Golf Club, The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews and served on the boards of numerous boards, including Adelaide Brighton Cement, Quarry Industries, Adelaide Wallaroo Fertilizers, Bennett and Fisher and Johns Perry Ltd.[2] His father was Lyndley Hope Laidlaw of Victoria Avenue, Unley Park.
Their eldest daughter, Diana Laidlaw, was a noted South Australian politician.