Rob Johnson (Australian politician)

Rob Johnson
Minister for Police,
Emergency Services and Road Safety
In office
23 September 2008 – 29 June 2012
Member of the Western Australian Parliament
for Hillarys
In office
14 December 1996 – 11 March 2017
Preceded byNew creation
Succeeded byPeter Katsambanis
Member of the Western Australian Parliament
for Whitford
In office
6 February 1993 – 14 December 1996
Preceded byPam Beggs
Personal details
Born17 October 1943
London, England
NationalityEnglish–Australian
Political partyLiberal (to 2016)
Other political
affiliations
Independent (from 2016)
ProfessionCompany chairman

Robert Frank Johnson OAM (born 17 October 1943) is an Australian former politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1993 to 2017. He was elected as a member of the Liberal Party, and served as a minister in the government of Colin Barnett from 2008 to 2012, but resigned from the party in 2016 to sit as an independent. He was defeated at the 2017 election.