[1][2][3] His nephew, Larry Graham later represented the Labor Party in the Western Australian Parliament from 1989.
[4] In 1928, Graham joined the Western Australian Government Department of Lands and Surveys as a cadet draftsman.
[2][5][6] In 1943 Graham was elected to the seat of East Perth in a by-election caused by the resignation of Tom Hughes.
[1][7] With the election of the Hawke Labor government in 1953 Graham became a Cabinet minister with responsibilities for the portfolios of housing and forests.
An apartment complex, Graham Flats in West Perth, built while he was housing minister, was named in his honour.