Richard Keats Brose (6 May 1897 – 14 May 1969) was an Australian politician. He was born in Colac to law clerk Joseph Frederick Brose and Ellen Elizabeth Catt. He was twice wounded serving with the AIF during

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, and was a dairy farmer after the war and active in the

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and the Country Party. On 20 October 1926 he married Audrey Dare. He served on Deakin Shire Council from 1939 to 1947. In 1944 he won a by-election for the

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seat of Rodney; although not the endorsed Country Party candidate, he was president of the local branch of the party and joined it in parliament. From 1950 to 1952 he was Minister of

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and Conservation. Brose retired from politics in 1964 and died at

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in 1969.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brose, Richard 1897 births 1969 deaths National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Ministers for conservation (Victoria) 20th-century Australian politicians People from Colac, Victoria Ministers for water (Victoria)