Dean Brown became premier when he led the party to a landslide win at the 1993 state election, and lost the office when he lost a leadership challenge to John Olsen in November 1996.
10 Facts About Dean Brown
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Dean Brown was first elected to the House of Assembly for the safe Liberal seat of Davenport in east Adelaide on 10 March 1973, and joined the Liberal Movement faction of the party.
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Dean Brown served in the ministry of David Tonkin from 1979 to 1982.
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However, Arnold was unable to change Labor's fortunes, and Dean Brown went into the 1993 election as an unbackable favorite to be the state's next premier.
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At that election, Dean Brown led the Liberals to one of the biggest landslides ever recorded at the state level in Australia.
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At this election, Dean Brown was elected for Finniss, a reconfigured version of Alexandra.
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Dean Brown didn't seem to project an image of confident leadership.
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Dean Brown became the first premier to leave office without facing an election since Crawford Vaughan.
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Dean Brown took on the added portfolios of Disability Services and Ageing.
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In October 2007, Dean Brown was appointed special drought adviser to South Australian Premier Mike Rann.