Gordon Brown (Australian politician) Gordon Brown (Australian politician) Gordon Brown (11 February 1885 – 12 January 1967) was a long-serving Australian politician. Born in Derbyshire, England, he was educated at Clay Cross Grammar School. He was apprenticed as a pattern maker but had a range of other jobs including piano salesman and coal miner. He visited Canada where he was imprisoned for street agitation. He migrated to Australia in 1912, where he became an organiser of the Shop Assistants' Union and of the Socialist Party. He spent time in gaol in Queensland. He was a member of the Brisbane Trades Hall Council, and was
David Gordon (Australian politician) Association. He was also a director of numerous companies. Referred to as "a highly principled man with a strong personality", Gordon died at his home in Victoria Avenue, Unley Park, South Australia, survived by two sons and two daughters (his wife predeceasing him by 12 years). One son, Douglas Peel Gordon, served in the Legislative Council while the second, John, was a pilot who was awarded the Military Cross in World War I. <nowiki>**</nowiki> Copy held by Flinders University Library. David Gordon (Australian politician) Sir David John Gordon (4 May 1865 – 12 February 1946) was an Australian politician. He