Frank Broun, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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politician
Date of Birth: 31-May-1876
Place of Birth: Beverley, Western Australia, Australia
Date of Death: 01-Apr-1930
Profession: politician
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Frank Broun
- Frank Tyndall Broun (31 May 1876 â 1 April 1930) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1911 to 1914 and again from 1917 to 1924.
- He was a minister in the first government of Sir James Mitchell. Broun was born in Beverley, Western Australia, to Emily Jane (nÊe Lukin) and James William Broun.
- His grandfather, Peter Broun, was the first Colonial Secretary of Western Australia.
- After a period working for his father, Broun acquired an estate of 5,000 acres (20 km2) near Beverley, on which he farmed both sheep and wheat.
- He was elected to the Beverley Road Board in 1902, and remained a member for most of the following 20 years, including as chairman on three occasions (1908â1909, 1911â1914, and 1917â1919).
- Broun was first elected to parliament at the 1911 state election, replacing Nat Harper in the seat of Beverley.
- A member of the Liberal Party, he left parliament at the 1914 election, and was replaced by a Country Party candidate, Charles Wansbrough.At the 1917 state election, Wansbrough did not re-contest Beverley.
- Broun, who had switched to the Country Party himself, reclaimed his former seat.
- In June 1919, he was selected to replace John Scaddan (another Country Party member) as Colonial Secretary in the government of James Mitchell, who had become premier only the previous month.
- After the 1921 state election, Broun was also made Minister for Public Health, replacing Hal Colebatch.
- He left the ministry in August 1922, with Richard Sampson taking over both of his portfolios.
- The Country Party split into two rival factions the following year, with Broun joining the Ministerial faction (which supported the Mitchell government).
- However, he did not recontest his seat at the 1924 state election.
- Broun died at his home in Beverley in April 1930, aged 53.
- He had committed suicide by taking cyanide.
- Broun had married May Constance Sewell in 1903, with whom he had three sons and three daughters.
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