Robert James "Bob" Brown Department of Administration and Management is a former Australian Labor Party politician.
Background
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 (Bachelor of Economics), Sydney Teachers" College (DipEd), Broken Hill Technical College and the University of New England.
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. He then 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 to 1998.
He served as Minister for Land Transport from 1988 to 1993.