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Robert Douglas Gorman (1 May 1898 – 2 November 1970) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1933 and 1950. During his parliamentary career he was, at various times a  member of the Australian Labor Party,Australian Labor Party (NSW) and Australian Labor Party (Non-Communist).

Early Life
Gorman was born in Glebe, New South Wales and was the son of a master mariner. He was educated at the Patrician Brothers' School, Glebe and  became a warehouseman and commercial traveller. After 1919, he became an officer of the Shop Assistants Union Gorman was elected as an alderman of Glebe Municipal Council from 1926 until 1934 and was the mayor in 1933. .

State Parliament
Dwyer was elected to parliament as the Labor member for Redfern at the October 1949 by-election caused by the death of the incumbent Labor member George Noble. His only opponent was Merv Pidcock of the Communist Party of Australia and he won 91.2% of the vote. However, he lost the Labor pre-selection ballot for the 1950 state election to Fred Green and he subsequently retired from state politics when that election was held in May 1950. . He did not hold party, parliamentary or ministerial office.