| Laurie Failes | |
| Constituency Mp: | Lawson |
| Parliament: | Australian |
| Predecessor: | New seat |
| Successor: | Seat abolished |
| Term Start: | 10 December 1949 |
| Term End: | 29 September 1969 |
| Birth Date: | 1899 10, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Coonabarabran, New South Wales |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Party: | Australian Country Party |
| Occupation: | Farmer, businessman |
Laurence John Failes (6 October 1899 - 7 July 1976) was an Australian politician. Born in Coonabarabran, New South Wales, he attended state schools and then Hawkesbury Agricultural College before becoming a farmer at Bugaldie and then a businessman at Coonabarabran. He served in World War II 1942–45.
In 1949, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Country Party member for Lawson. He was a member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, the House Committee and the Select Committee on the House of Representatives Accommodation.[1]
He held Lawson until its abolition in 1969, at which time he retired. Failes died in 1976.[2]