Brenton Best
Australian politician
Intro | Australian politician | |
Places | Australia | |
is | Politician | |
Work field | Politics | |
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Birth | 13 November 1963, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia | |
Age | 61 years | |
Star sign | Scorpio | |
Politics: | Australian Labor Party |
Brenton Roy Best (born 13 November 1963) an Australian politician. He was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1996 as a Labor member for Braddon.
Best was born on 13 November 1963 in Devonport, Tasmania.
At the age of 17 he began working as an engine driver, and was elected in 1987 to be the Tasmanian organiser of the Federated Engine Drivers and Fireman's Association of Australasia, and in 1994 to the Tasmanian Trades & Labor Council and Alderman Devonport City Council.
He was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly on 24 February 1996 for the Australian Labor Party, and was defeated on 15 March 2014.