title: Rob Mitchell (Queensland politician)
text: # Rob Mitchell (Queensland politician)
  
  Robert Alan Mitchell (born 5 August 1948) is a former Australian politician. He was the National Party member for Charters Towers in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1992 to 2001.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Mitchell was born in Aramac, Queensland. He served on Flinders Shire Council from 1977 to 1982. He was appointed to the Coalition front bench in 1998 as Shadow Minister for Mines and Energy, but he left the ministry in 1999. He was defeated in 2001.
  
  