Brian Alfred Chatterton is a former Australian politician.

Chatterton was elected as a Labor

Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...

 member of the South Australian Legislative Council

South Australian Legislative Council

The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. Its central purpose is to act as a house of review for legislation passed through the lower house, the House of Assembly...

in 1973. In 1975 he was appointed Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forests, serving until Labor's defeat in 1979. In 1982, he resumed his old portfolios, holding them until he retired to the backbench in 1983. Chatterton retired from politics in 1987.