Former South Gippsland Shire Council deputy mayor and farmer Aaron Brown has been selected by Victorian The Liberal Party as its candidate for the seat of Bass at November’s state election.
Aaron, a fourth generation Bass Coast resident, is raising two children with his wife Sari and operates a commercial beef cattle enterprise near Inverloch.
From 2016 to 2019, Aaron served as a councillor on the South Gippsland Shire Council and was deputy mayor between 2017 and 2018.
He resigned in June 2019 before the South Gippsland Shire Council was dismissed by the Victorian Government.
Aaron has earned a degree in Agriculture from the University of Melbourne and comes from a family of Liberal politicans.
His father, Alan Brown, is a former Liberal member who was the leader of the opposition from 1989 to 1991.
“I’m excited to be endorsed as the Liberal Party’s candidate for Bass and to get out and hear people’s issues and ideas to improve our community,” Aaron said.
“Roads in the Bass electorate are a major issue and concern to locals, and I will be highlighting them throughout the course of this campaign.
“We have a beautiful region, but Inverloch residents are disappointed that the Andrews Labor Government have done nothing to address the severe coastline erosion of our beaches and dune areas.”
The Bass electorate stretches from Inverloch to Pearcedale and Heath Hill and includes Phillip Island and all the farms and towns in between such as Tooradin, Grantville, Kooeweerup and Lang Lang.
The largest town in the electorate is the regional town of Wonthaggi.
Aaron said he looked forward to meeting with as many Bass residents as possible between now and the November election.
“I will be travelling the length and breadth of the electorate to meet with residents and hear their concerns first-hand,” he said.
Aaron will be running against incumbent Bass MP Jordan Crugnale, a former councillor and mayor of Bass Coast Council.
