Bob Charles | |
Constituency Mp: | La Trobe |
Parliament: | Australian |
Predecessor: | Peter Milton |
Successor: | Jason Wood |
Term Start: | 24 March 1990 |
Term End: | 31 August 2004 |
Birth Name: | Robert Edwin Charles |
Birth Date: | 1936 7, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Covington, Kentucky, U.S. |
Nationality: | American Australian |
Party: | Liberal Party of Australia |
Occupation: | Engineer |
Robert Edwin Charles (24 July 193617 April 2016) was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1990 to October 2004, representing the Division of La Trobe, Victoria.[1]
Charles was born in Covington, Kentucky and educated at Purdue University BSc (MechEng).[2] He was an engineer before entering politics. He was a foreman, supervisor, International Marketing Manager and Managing Director of an instrument company and Chairman and Managing Director of a construction company. He moved to Australia in 1969, became a citizen of Australia in 1974, and was first elected to the La Trobe seat in 1990.
Charles was a member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry 1994–96. He retired at the 2004 election. In 2005, Charles was appointed as the Australian Consul-General in Chicago.[3] [4]
Charles died on 17 April 2016, aged 79.[5]