Later Life
Following the war, Potts returned to farming in Western Australia and briefly attempted to pursue a career in politics, standing unsuccessfully in 1949 as a Country Party candidate for the federal seat of Forrest on the House of Representatives. In 1960 Potts was awarded the Order of the British Empire in the New Years Honours List. After suffering a number of strokes which left him wheelchair bound, he died on 1 January 1968 at Kojonup, aged 71.
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