Alfred Ashley-Brown (6 November 1907 – 5 March 1993) was an Australian politician. Born in Sydney, he was a company director, and served in the military 1942–45, achieving the rank of Major. A member of

Blacktown City Council Blacktown City Council is a local government area in Western Sydney, situated on the Cumberland Plain, approximately west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1906 as the Blacktow ...

, he was the mayor from 1961 to 1965, and 1968 to 1971. In 1972, he was elected to the

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as the Labor member for

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, defeating

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MP Les Irwin. He was defeated by Liberal Alan Cadman in 1974. Ashley-Brown died in 1993.

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