Robert Mervyn Forrest (28 April 1891 – 22 August 1975) was an Australian pastoralist and politician who served as a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1946 to 1952, representing North Province.
[1] Forrest eventually became managing director of the holding company for the Minderoo and Wyloo leases, and also served on the executive of the Pastoralists and Graziers Association.
[2] Forrest married Agnes Courthope (the granddaughter of Archdeacon James Brown[1]) in 1918, with whom he had four children.
He entered parliament at the 1946 Legislative Council election, defeating Cyril Cornish (an independent) for one of the three North Province seats.
Forrest served a single six-year term before losing his seat to Labor's Don Barker at the 1952 election.