Wyatt Vause Raw (21 September 1921 – 13 March 2001) was a conservative opposition South African politician of the Apartheid era.
He matriculated from Pretoria Boys High and subsequently attended the University of the Witwatersrand and the Johannesburg Teachers' Training College before enlisting with the South African forces in May 1940, and went on to serve in the military in central Africa, Egypt and Europe.
[2] He was vice chairman of the United Party's Pretoria District and was elected to the divisional committee in 1948, where he served until 1950.
[2] In that position, he cooperated well with the National Party's Minister of Defence, even managing to secure concessions such as amendments to bills.
[1][6] In 1985, he was awarded the Decoration for Meritorious Services; he was the first serving opposition MP to receive it.