| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Gordon Bryant | |
| Office: | Minister for the Capital Territory |
| Primeminister: | Gough Whitlam |
| Term Start: | 9 October 1973 |
| Term End: | 11 November 1975 |
| Predecessor: | Kep Enderby |
| Successor: | Reg Withers |
| Office2: | Minister for Aboriginal Affairs |
| Primeminister2: | Gough Whitlam |
| Term Start2: | 19 December 1972 |
| Term End2: | 9 October 1973 |
| Predecessor2: | Peter Howson (Environment, Aborigines and the Arts) |
| Successor2: | Jim Cavanagh |
| Constituency Mp3: | Wills |
| Parliament3: | Australian |
| Predecessor3: | Bill Bryson |
| Successor3: | Bob Hawke |
| Term Start3: | 10 December 1955 |
| Term End3: | 19 September 1980 |
| Birth Date: | 1914 8, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Lismore, Victoria, Australia |
| Death Place: | Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Spouse: | Pat |
| Party: | Labor |
| Alma Mater: | University of Melbourne |
| Occupation: | Teacher |
Gordon Munro Bryant (3 August 1914 – 14 January 1991) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and represented the Division of Wills in Victoria from 1955 to 1980. He served as Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (1972–1973) and Minister for the Capital Territory (1973–1975) in the Whitlam government.
Bryant was born on 3 August 1914 in Lismore, Victoria. He was the son of Agnes Keith (née Bain) and Donald Munro Bryant. His father, a storekeeper and farmer, was the nephew of Victorian premier James Munro.[1]
Bryant moved to Baxter as a child and attended Frankston High School. He won a teaching scholarship and taught at Callaghan Creek (near Mitta Mitta), Pearcedale, and Mittyack. His teaching career was interrupted by the Second World War, but after the war's end he became a high school teacher at Upwey. He completed a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) at the University of Melbourne in 1950, having also studied at Melbourne Teachers' College before the war.[1]
Bryant enlisted in the Citizen Military Force in 1934. He was called up for full-time duty in 1942 and was transferred to the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in January 1943. He remained in Australia until 1945, when he participated in the Battle of Balikpapan as a captain in the 2/33rd Battalion.
Bryant was elected to Parliament in 1955. A passionate supporter of land rights, he was president of the Aborigines Advancement League for seven years, from 1957 to 1964.
After seventeen years in Parliament, Bryant joined the Cabinet of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, becoming Minister for Aboriginal Affairs in 1972. A year later he became Minister for the Capital Territory. As Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, he was instrumental in the Whitlam government's historic land rights deal with Vincent Lingiari and the Gurindji people. Bryant retired in 1980, and his electorate was taken over by future Prime Minister Bob Hawke. Bryant had earlier resisted pressure to retire early in order to expedite Hawke's entry to Parliament via a by-election.
Bryant was married and had two sons.
He died in January 1991, eleven months prior to Hawke's ousting as Prime Minister.