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About Rob Knowles
- Robert Ian "Rob" Knowles (born 4 July 1947) is a former Australian politician. He was born in Ballarat to farmer Robert Joseph Knowles and Dulce, née Odgers.
- After graduating from Ballarat North Technical School, he became a farmer in Clarendon from 1964.
- From 1972 to 1976 he worked as a loans officer with the Rural Finance and Settlement Commission.
- He was a member of the Liberal Party, serving as chairman of the Ballarat Federal Electorate Council from 1972 to 1976, a state executive with the Young Liberals, and a member of the state executive from 1973 to 1976.In 1976, Knowles was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council as a member for Ballarat Province.
- He served on various committees until his elevation to the front bench as Shadow Minister for the Aged and for Housing in 1991.
- When the Coalition won office in 1992 he became Minister for Housing and for Aged Care, exchanging the Housing portfolio for Health in 1996.
- In 1999 he resigned his seat to contest the lower house seat of Gisborne, but he was defeated.
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