Bob Brown (Australian Labor politician)
Bob Brown | |
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Member of the Australian Parliament for Hunter | |
In office 18 October 1980 – 1 December 1984 | |
Preceded by | Bert James |
Succeeded by | Eric Fitzgibbon |
Member of the Australian Parliament for Charlton | |
In office 1 December 1984 – 31 August 1998 | |
Preceded by | New seat |
Succeeded by | Kelly Hoare |
Personal details | |
Born | Pelaw Main, New South Wales | 2 December 1933
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Australian Labor Party |
Spouse | Elizabeth Joy Hirschausen |
Relations | Kelly Hoare (daughter) |
Alma mater | University of Sydney University of New England |
Robert James Brown AM (born 2 December 1933) is a former Australian Labor Party politician.
Early life
Brown was born in Pelaw Main and at educated at Pelaw Main Primary School, Kurri Kurri Junior Technical High School, Maitland Boys High School, the University of Sydney (B.Ec), Sydney Teachers' College (Dip.Ed), Broken Hill Technical College and the University of New England. He married Elizabeth Joy Hirschausen in 1960 and had one daughter (Kelly Hoare) and one son.
Political career
Brown first contested the then safe Liberal seat of Paterson at the 1961 federal election. He gathered a 6.5% swing to Labor but failed to beat the sitting member and Menzies Government Minister, Allen Fairhall. Brown later contested and won the seat of Cessnock in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and held it from 1978-80.
He switched to federal politics, this time successfully contesting the nearby electorate of Hunter, holding it from 1980 until 1984. After a redistribution moved a large slice of Hunter to the new seat of Charlton, Brown transferred there and represented it from 1984-98. He served as Minister for Land Transport from 1988-93. He retired in 1998, and was succeeded in Charlton by his daughter, Kelly Hoare.[1]
Honours
On 11 June 2007, Brown was named a Member of the Order of Australia for "service to the Australian Parliament, particularly in the area of transport policy, to the community of the Hunter Region through local government, heritage and sporting organisations, and to economics education."[2]
References
- ^ "Mr Robert James Brown". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
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- Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Charlton
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- People from New South Wales
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- 1933 births
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- Former government ministers of Australia