| David Cory | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | AM |
| Constituency Am1: | Warwick |
| Assembly1: | Queensland Legislative |
| Term Start1: | 19 October 1963 |
| Term End1: | 12 November 1977 |
| Predecessor1: | Otto Madsen |
| Successor1: | Des Booth |
| Birth Date: | 1928 8, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Warwick, Queensland, Australia |
| Death Place: | Warwick, Queensland, Australia |
| Birthname: | David Wheatcroft Cory |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Party: | Country Party/National Party |
| Spouse: | Ms Margo Barnes (m.1967) |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
David Wheatcroft Cory (3 August 1928 – 14 February 2022) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
David Wheatcroft Cory was born in Warwick, Queensland, the son of Fitzroy Cory and his wife Margaret (née Wheatcroft). He was educated at Warwick Central and Intermediate State Schools before attending the Brisbane Grammar School. He became a farmer, working in Swanfels and Warwick.[1]
On 30 June 1967, Cory married Ms. Barnes and together had one son.[1] Cory died in Warwick, Queensland on 14 February 2022, at the age of 93.[2]
Following the death of Otto Madsen in 1963, Cory won the resulting by-election for the Country Party. He held the seat until the 1977 Queensland state elections when he retired from politics.
Although never a minister during his time in parliament, he held the following roles:[1]
Cory was also Chairman of the Warwick Branch of the Graziers Association of South-East Queensland from 1961 to 1965.
Cory was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2004 Australia Day Honours for "service to the environment, particularly in the areas of rural lands protection in Queensland, and through animal, weed and pest management".[3]