Gordon Brown (Australian politician)

The Honourable Gordon Brown
10th President of the Australian Senate
In office 23 September 1943 – 19 March 1951
Preceded by	James Cunningham
Succeeded by	Ted Mattner
Senator for Queensland
In office 1 July 1932 – 30 June 1965
Personal details
Born	(1885-02-11)11 February 1885 Derbyshire, England
Died	12 January 1967(1967-01-12) (aged 81) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Nationality	English Australian
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Occupation	Unionist

Gordon Brown (11 February 1885 – 12 January 1967) was a long-serving Australian politician.

Born in Derbyshire, England, he was educated at Clay Cross Grammar School before becoming a printer and engineer. He migrated to Australia in 1912, where he became an organiser of the Shop Assistants' Union and of the Socialist Party. He was a member of the Brisbane Trades Hall Council, and was on the Central Executive of the Queensland branch of the Australian Labor Party. In 1931, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Queensland. On 23 September 1943, he was elected President of the Senate, succeeding the late Senator James Cunningham. He remained President until 19 March 1951, when the Liberal Party took control of the Senate and elected Ted Mattner to replace him. He retired in 1964, taking effect in 1965.

From 1947 to 1950, he and Joe Collings were the joint Fathers of the Senate, and from 1950 until his retirement, Brown was the sole Father.

He died in 1967.^[1]

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