facing an election since Crawford Vaughan. As a concession to Brown, Olsen named Brown as Minister for Aboriginal Affairs in his government. After the Liberals were narrowly returned at the 1997 election, Brown became Minister for Human Services. After Olsen was forced to resign as premier in 2001, Brown sought to regain the premiership but lost out to Deputy Premier Rob Kerin. As a concession to Brown, Kerin named Brown deputy leader of the Liberal Party, and hence Deputy Premier. He took on the added portfolios of Disability Services and Ageing. After the Liberal Party lost government at the 2002 election, Brown became Deputy Opposition Leader until 2005 when he announced that he would leave politics at the 2006 election, and resigned the deputy leadership. In October 2007, Brown was appointed special drought adviser to South Australian Premier Mike Rann. References External links Parliamentary Profile: SA Parliament website |- |- |- |- |- |- |- 1943 births Living people Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of South Australia Premiers of South Australia Deputy Premiers of South Australia Officers of the Order of Australia Leaders of the Opposition in South Australia Liberal and Country League politicians 21st-century Australian politicians 20th-century Australian politicians