John Harold Brown was an Australian politician. He was born in Winkleigh, Tasmania. On 28 June 1948 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly

Tasmanian House of Assembly

The House of Assembly, or Lower House, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the Legislative Council or Upper House...

 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 for Franklin

Division of Franklin (state)

The Electoral Division of Franklin is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The division is named after Sir John Franklin, the arctic explorer who was Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land 1837-43...

 in a countback following the death of Edward Brooker

Edward Brooker

William Edward Brooker was an Australian Labor Party politician. He became the Premier of Tasmania on 19 December 1947 while Robert Cosgrove was facing corruption charges...

. He was subsequently defeated at the state election

Tasmanian state election, 1948

A general election for the House of Assembly was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on 21 August 1948.-Background:In December 1947, Labor leader Robert Cosgrove had stood down as Premier while he faced charges of bribery, corruption and conspiracy...

held on 21 August. Brown's term of seven weeks is the shortest of any MHA in Tasmania's history.