Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Clive Brown | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MLA |
Office1: | Minister for State Development |
Term Start1: | 16 February 2001 |
Term End1: | 26 February 2005 |
Predecessor1: | Colin Barnett (Resources Development) |
Successor1: | Alan Carpenter |
Office2: | Minister for Tourism |
Term Start2: | 6 March 2001 |
Term End2: | 27 March 2003 |
Predecessor2: | Norman Moore |
Successor2: | Bob Kucera |
Office3: | Minister for Small Business |
Term Start3: | 16 February 2001 |
Term End3: | 27 March 2003 |
Predecessor3: | Hendy Cowan |
Successor3: | Bob Kucera |
Office4: | Minister for Goldfields-Esperance |
Term Start4: | 16 February 2001 |
Term End4: | 2 July 2001 |
Predecessor4: | Office established |
Successor4: | Nick Griffiths |
Constituency Am5: | Bassendean |
Assembly5: | Western Australian Legislative |
Term Start5: | 14 December 1996 |
Term End5: | 26 February 2005 |
Predecessor5: | Seat created |
Successor5: | Martin Whitely |
Constituency Am6: | Morley |
Assembly6: | Western Australian Legislative |
Term Start6: | 6 February 1993 |
Term End6: | 14 December 1996 |
Predecessor6: | Frank Donovan |
Successor6: | Seat abolished Ian Britza (2008) |
Birth Name: | Clive Morris Brown |
Birth Date: | 1946 12, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
Citizenship: | Australian |
Party: | Labor |
Children: | 2 |
Alma Mater: | Scarborough Senior High School |
Profession: | Union official |
Clive Morris Brown (born 31 December 1946) is an Australian former politician and minister in the Gallop Government. Brown was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between 1993 and 2005 for the electorates of Bassendean and previously a member for the Morley from 1993 until its abolition in 1996.
Brown was born in 1946 in London, England. He arrived in Western Australia as a child in 1956.[1]
Before entering politics, Brown worked in the trade union movement.[2]
He was elected to the electorate of Bassendean in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly at the 1993 Western Australian election. Between 1994 and 2001 Brown served in a number of roles in the Labor shadow cabinet.
After Labor's win at the 2001 Western Australian election, Brown joined Premier Geoff Gallop's cabinet, becoming Minister for State Development. He held this role until his retirement before the 2005 Western Australian election. In announcing his intention to retire in 2004, he cited a desire to enter business.[3]