Dean Brown
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The Honourable Dean Brown AO |
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| 41st Premier of South Australia Elections: 1993 |
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In office 14 December 1993 – 28 November 1996 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor |
Dame Roma Mitchell Sir Eric Neal |
| Deputy | Stephen Baker |
| Preceded by | Lynn Arnold |
| Succeeded by | John Olsen |
| 10th Deputy Premier of South Australia | |
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In office 22 October 2001 – 5 March 2002 |
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| Premier | Rob Kerin |
| Preceded by | Rob Kerin |
| Succeeded by | Kevin Foley |
| 34th Leader of the Opposition (SA) | |
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In office 11 May 1992 – 4 September 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Dale Baker |
| Succeeded by | Lynn Arnold |
| Deputy Leader of the Opposition (SA) | |
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In office 6 March 2002 – 21 November 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Annette Hurley |
| Succeeded by | Iain Evans |
| Member for Finniss | |
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In office 11 December 1993 – 18 March 2006 |
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| Preceded by | New District |
| Succeeded by | Michael Pengilly |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 April 1943 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia (SA) |
Dean Craig Brown, AO (born 5 April 1943) was the Premier of South Australia between 14 December 1993 and 28 November 1996, having won the 1993 election landslide, and also served as 10th Deputy Premier of South Australia between 22 October 2001 and 5 March 2002, representing the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia. John Olsen successfully challenged Brown for the premiership a year prior to the 1997 election but the party was reduced to minority government, though he too would lose the premiership, due to the Motorola affair where he misled parliament, to Rob Kerin, several months before the Liberals lost government at the 2002 election.
Prior to entering politics Brown was a research scientist.
Dean Brown's political career was marked by his rivalry with John Olsen, the two representing the moderate and conservative wings of the South Australian Liberal Party respectively. He was first elected to the House of Assembly for the safe Liberal seat of Davenport in east Adelaide on 10 March 1973, and joined the Liberal Movement faction of the party. He served in the ministry of David Tonkin from 1979 to 1982. After Tonkin lost the 1982 election and retired from politics, Brown ran in the ensuing leadership election, losing to Olsen. For the 1985 election, an electoral redistribution left both Brown and Stan Evans, the member for Fisher, vying for Liberal preselection in Davenport. In the ensuing factional battle (Evans is a member of the conservative wing), Brown won preselection, but Evans remained in the race as an "Independent Liberal." At the election, Brown suffered a swing of 30 percent on the primary vote and 24 percent on the two-party vote, enough to lose the seat to Evans.
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