Frederick Brawn, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Frederick Brawn

Date of Birth: 21-Nov-1857

Date of Death: 24-Jul-1936

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Frederick Brawn

  • Frederick William Brawn (21 November 1857 – 24 July 1936) was an Australian politician. He was born in Creswick to storekeeper James Brawn and Sarah Pearce.
  • He attended Creswick Grammar School and became a commission agent in Bloomfield and then a shareholder in Ballarat.
  • On 27 April 1886 he married Alice Vipond; later, following her death in 1917, he would marry Florence Reddin on 14 June 1919.
  • He was also later a farmer at Dowling Forest.
  • He served on Ballarat City Council from 1904 to 1919, and was twice mayor (1907–08, 1915–16).
  • In 1907 he won a by-election for Wellington Province in the Victorian Legislative Council.
  • A non-Labor member, he would later join the Liberal, Nationalist and United Australia parties.
  • He was a minister without portfolio from March to July 1924 and again from July to December 1929.
  • He retired in 1934 and died in Ballarat in 1936.

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