Robert Brokenshire

Robert "Rob" Lawrence Brokenshire (born 1957) is a South Australian dairy farmer and a politician active in the South Australian Parliament.

Between 1993 and 2006, Brokenshire represented the Liberal Party of Australia as its elected member for the electoral district of Mawson in the South Australian House of Assembly (the Parliament's lower house).

On 24 July 2008 Brokenshire replaced Andrew Evans as the member, for the conservative Family First Party, of the South Australian Legislative Council (the Parliament's upper house).

Brokenshire provides political commentary on the community radio station 88.7 Coast FM monthly on the Thursday Magazine show, presented by Dave Hearn.

Liberal Party

Elected in 1993 to the seat of Mawson with the Dean Brown Liberal Party government, he was re-elected in 1997 and 2002.

Brokenshire was promoted to cabinet in 1998 under the John Olsen government. His roles included Minister for Police, Correctional Services & Emergency Services, Minister for Gambling, Minister for Volunteers, and in opposition, Shadow Minister for Health. Brokenshire served three terms with the Liberal Party.

After losing the seat to Labor at the 2006 election, he lost pre-selection for Mawson.

Family First Party

Brokenshire contested the seat of Kingston for the Family First Party in the 2007 federal election, receiving just 5.71 percent of the vote. On 18 March 2008 Family First chose Brokenshire to replace the retiring Andrew Evans in the Legislative Council and was sworn in on 24 July 2008.

Brokenshire frequently uses Freedom of Information legislation as part of his political strategy. He has not ruled out switching to a Lower House seat.

Brokenshire has sat on Parliamentary committees including the Public Works Committee, Select Committee on the Emergency Services Levy, Families SA Committee, Aboriginal Lands Parliamentary Standing Committee, Budget and Finance Committee, Certain Matters Relating to Horse Racing in South Australia, and Natural Resources Committee. He has opposed the abolition of the Legislative Council.

Brokenshire has an interest in policing, education, road safety, legislation, governance, homelessness, hospital security, development, accountability, political advisers, school projects, suicide prevention, food security, and daylight savings.

Brokenshire's family is of Cornish descent.

• Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 2010–2014