Keith Laught

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Keith Alexander Laught (2 June 1907 – 13 May 1969) was an Australian lawyer and Liberal politician. He served as a Senator for South Australia from 1951 until his death in 1969. Born in Mitcham, South Australia, he trained as a barrister and solicitor in Adelaide and worked in Clare before moving to Mount Gambier. He married Josephine Faith Hackett in 1935. Laught served in World War II, first with the 3rd Light Horse and later with the 9th Division Cavalry, returning to Australia in 1943 and being discharged in 1944. After the war he entered politics and was elected to the Senate in 1951 after a double dissolution, and re-elected in 1953. He supported decimal currency and metric measurements. He died in 1969 while travelling from his hotel to Parliament House; Martin Cameron was appointed to fill his seat.