Robert John Gray (8 March 1898 – 2 August 1978) was an Australian politician. He was born in Brunswick to farmer Matthew Gray and Susan Jane Saggers. He served in

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with the AIF, and after the war studied commerce in

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. In 1920 he married Emily Myrtle Ireland, with whom he had four children. He worked for Nunawading Shire Council and Box Hill City Council as a health inspector. In 1943 he was elected to the

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in a by-election for the seat of

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, representing the Labor Party. He transferred to Box Hill in 1945, but was defeated in 1947. He returned to the Assembly in 1952 and was briefly a minister without portfolio in 1955, in which year he was defeated for a second time. Gray had been widowed and married Mary Byrne in 1952. He died at

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in 1978.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gray, Bob 1898 births 1978 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 20th-century Australian politicians People from Brunswick, Victoria Politicians from Melbourne Australian military personnel of World War I Military personnel from Melbourne