Arnold Brown (politician) explained

Peter Arnold Brown
Birth Date:27 April 1927
Birth Place:Winkler, Manitoba, Canada
Occupation:Politician
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
Term Start:1973
Term End:1988
Party:Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
Death Place:Winkler, Manitoba, Canada

Peter Arnold Brown (April 27, 1927 in Winkler, Manitoba – March 5, 1994) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1973 to 1988, representing the riding of Rhineland for the Progressive Conservative Party.[1]

The son of Isaac J. Brown and Katherine Hamm, he was educated in Rosenbach and Winkler. In 1960, he married Katie Jansen. Brown worked as a businessman and a farmer before entering political life. He served as a councillor in the town of Winkler from 1967 to 1974, and was the first vice-president of the Manitoba Beet Growers Association for a time, as well as serving on several local boards.[2]

Brown was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1973, defeating Social Credit Party leader and MLA Jacob Froese[1] by about 1,400 votes (the Social Credit Party would never again elect an MLA in Manitoba). He was re-elected in the 1977 election, which the Tories won under Sterling Lyon; Brown, however, was not appointed to cabinet. He was re-elected in the elections of 1981 and 1986, and resigned in 1988 when his riding was eliminated through redistribution.[1] He died in Winkler in 1994.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MLA Biographies - Deceased . Legislative Assembly of Manitoba . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140330155427/http://www.gov.mb.ca/hansard/members/mla_bio_deceased.html . 2014-03-30 .
  2. Book: Normandin, Pierre G. Canadian Parliamentary Guide . 1976 .
  3. Web site: Peter Arnold Brown (1927-1994) . Memorable Manitobans . . 2014-01-18.