- Robert Chynoweth
Robert Leslie Chynoweth (born
7 June ,1941 ) is anAustralia n politician. He was anAustralian Labor Party member of theAustralian House of Representatives from 1983 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996.Chynoweth was born in Richmond, an inner suburb of
Melbourne , Victoria.Chynoweth first entered federal parliament at the federal election of March 1983, as part of a landslide Labor win under the leadership of
Bob Hawke . He was the Labor candidate for the seat of Flinders, based on the outer south eastern fringe ofMelbourne , Victoria. He defeated incumbent Liberal memberPeter Reith . Only months earlier Labor had failed to win Flinders, with a different candidate, at aby-election held in December 1982.Following a redistribution of electoral boundaries in 1984, Chynoweth opted to contest the seat of Dunkley. Dunkley was one of a number of new seats created as a consequence of the enlargement of
Australian House of Representatives . The seat took in much of the area previously covered by Flinders, and was considered a safer bet for a Labor candidate than the redistributed Flinders. (Dunkley had a notional post-redistribution two-party margin of Labor 53.2% to Liberal 46.8%. Flinders had a notional post-redistribution two-party margin of Labor 50.7% to Liberal 49.3%. [ [http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1984/1984repsvic.txt Psephos: 1984 Federal election, Victoria] ] ) Chynoweth won the seat of Dunkley at the 1984 federal election and was re-elected in 1987.Chynoweth was defeated at the 1990 federal election as one of a number of Labor losses in the state of Victoria at that election. However, he was to make a comeback to politics by winning back the seat of Dunkley at the 1993 federal election. He defeated Liberal MP Frank Ford, who had defeated him three years earlier.
A redistribution that took place ahead of the 1996 federal election transformed Dunkley from a marginal Labor seat into a seat with a notional Liberal majority. [ [http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1996/1996repsvic.txt Psephos: 1996 Federal election, Victoria] ] Chynoweth re-contested the redistributed Dunkley but failed to win the seat, losing to Liberal candidate
Bruce Billson .References
External links
* [http://parlinfoweb.aph.gov.au/piweb/view_document.aspx?ID=8008&TABLE=BIOGS Biography for CHYNOWETH, Robert (Bob) Leslie]
Persondata
NAME = Chynoweth, Robert Leslie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Chynoweth, Bob
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH =7 June ,1941
PLACE OF BIRTH = Richmond, Victoria,Australia
DATE OF DEATH = living
PLACE OF DEATH =
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