Frank Tyndall Broun (31 May 1876 – 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.
At the 1917 state election, Wansbrough did not re-contest Beverley. Broun, who had switched to the Country Party himself, reclaimed his former seat.[2] 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).[1] However, he did not recontest his seat at the 1924 state election.[2] Broun died at his home in Beverley in April 1930, aged 53. He killed himself by taking cyanide.[3] Broun had married May Constance Sewell in 1903, with whom he had three sons and three daughters.[1]
References
^ abcFrank Tyndall Broun – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
^ abcBlack, David; Prescott, Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN0730984095.