Robert Leslie "Bob" Chynoweth (born 7 June 1941) is an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1983 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996.Chynoweth was born in Richmond, an inner suburb of Melbourne to a family of Cornish descent..Chynoweth first entered federal parliament at the federal election of March 1983, as part of a landslide Labor win under the leadership of Bob Hawke.