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Bernard Phillip "Bernie" Dunn (born 19 August 1944) is a former Australian politician.
He was born in Warracknabeal to farmer Donald Panther Dunn and Leila Edna. He attended local state schools and was a wheat and sheep farmer in the Warracknabeal region. On 20 December 1962 he married Dorothy Eileen Hayes; they had four children. A member of the Country Party, he was state vice-president of the Young Country Party from 1968 to 1969, at which time he was also vice-president of the Lowan district council. In 1969 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council as the member for North Western. He became Deputy Leader of the newly renamed National Party in the Council in 1976 and Leader in 1979, at which time he also became Shadow Minister for Education. He retired from state politics in 1988, but was state president of the National Party from 1990 to 1995. In 1997 he was elected to Horsham Rural City Council, serving until 2005 (including periods as mayor: 1998–2000, 2003–2004). In 2001 Dunn was awarded life membership of the Victorian National Party.