# Frederick Brawn

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**Frederick William Brawn** (21 November 1857 – 24 July 1936) was an Australian politician.

He was born in [Creswick](/source/Creswick,_Victoria) to storekeeper James Brawn and Sarah Pearce. He attended Creswick Grammar School and became a commission agent in [Bloomfield](/source/Bloomfield,_Victoria) and then a shareholder in [Ballarat](/source/Ballarat,_Victoria). On 27 April 1886 he married Alice Vipond; later, following her death in 1917, he married Florence Reddin on 14 June 1919. He was also later a farmer at Dowling Forest. He served on [Ballarat City Council](/source/City_of_Ballarat) from 1904 to 1919, and was twice mayor (1907–08, 1915–16). In 1907 he won a by-election for [Wellington Province](/source/Wellington_Province_(Victoria)) in the [Victorian Legislative Council](/source/Victorian_Legislative_Council). A non-[Labor](/source/Australian_Labor_Party_(Victorian_Branch)) member, he later joined the Liberal, [Nationalist](/source/Nationalist_Party_of_Australia) and [United Australia](/source/United_Australia_Party) 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.[1][2]

## References

1. ["Brawn, Frederick William"](http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=923). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120402020010/http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=923) 2 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 9 January 2016.

1. frederick-brawn. Retrieved 12 August 2025.

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