Keith Brown (Ontario politician)

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Keith Brown
Peterborough
Personal details
Born(1926-11-07)November 7, 1926
Bonarlaw, Ontario
DiedJuly 7, 2015(2015-07-07) (aged 88)
Peterborough, Ontario
Political partyProgressive Conservative
SpouseMarjorie
Children3
OccupationBusinessman

Keith Roy Brown (November 7, 1926 – July 7, 2015) was a politician in

Peterborough
.

Background

Brown was born in

freemason. He has owned several businesses in Peterborough, including a car dealership and a property development company.[1][2][3] He and his wife Marjorie raised three daughters.[4]

Politics

Brown was elected to the Ontario legislature in the

backbench supporter of the Leslie Frost and John Robarts
administrations.

Brown served as Chairman of the Committee of the Whole House (i.e., Deputy Speaker) for a period in the 1960s. On one occasion, he was the target of a

New Democratic Party candidate Walter Pitman.[10]

During the 1967 election, a controversy arose over property that Brown had purchased for $85,000 in 1964 and sold for $210,000 in early 1967. The

Stanley Randall later confirmed that Brown had not been involved in the OHC's discussions and described the accusations against him as "wholly unreasonable and completely unwarranted."[11]

Later life

Brown's automobile firm gave financial support to Chris Stockwell in his bid to succeed Mike Harris as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario in the party's 2002 leadership election.[12] His son-in-law, Daryl Bennett, was elected as the mayor of Peterborough in 2010; Brown was in attendance for the campaign launch.[13]

He spent nearly 60 years with his wife, Marjorie, before she died in 2005. Brown died in Peterborough, Ontario on July 7, 2015.[14]

Electoral record

  • Peterborough
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Keith Brown 13,984 58.17
Liberal Joseph Slattery 7,975 33.18
Co-operative Commonwealth Edmund Humphrey 1,834 7.63
Social Credit Martin Graves 246 1.02
Total valid votes 24,039
  • Peterborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Keith Brown 16,972 58.05
Liberal Jack McCarney 7,777 26.60
New Democratic Mildred Sutton 4,490 15.36
Total valid votes 29,239 100.00

References

  1. ^ Wedley, Brendan (2010). "Men who would be mayor: Bennett". Peterborough Examiner. Archived from the original on 2010-12-21. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
  2. ^ Marchen, Jack (August 3, 2004). "'The Taxi Guy with the taxi cap'". Peterborough Examiner. p. C1.
  3. ^ "Del Mastro is a family affair". Peterborough This Week. March 16, 2005. p. 18.
  4. ^ "Roy 'Keith' Brown: Obituary". Canadian Obituaries. July 7, 2015. Archived from the original on July 12, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  5. ^ Canadian Press (June 12, 1959). "Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa. p. 26.
  6. ^ Canadian Press (September 26, 1963). "78 in Tory Blue Wave -- 23 Is All Grits Saved". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 25.
  7. ^ a b Young, Scott (October 11, 1967). "The snowballing effect (in dollars) of buying and selling a piece of land". Globe and Mail. p. 7.
  8. ^ "Inexperienced but still right, Chairman says". Globe and Mail. March 23, 1962. p. 5.
  9. ^ "Ask the Premier". Globe and Mail. February 13, 1963. p. 4.
  10. ^ Dafoe, John (October 18, 1967). "Two ministers lose seats". Globe and Mail. p. 1.
  11. ^ MacKenzie, James (July 20, 1968). "Minister clears ex-MPP in OHC land deal". Globe and Mail. p. 5.
  12. ^ "Chris Stockwell: Statement of Campaign Period Income and Expenses (2002 leadership election)]". Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06.
  13. ^ Wedley, Brendan (November 13, 2010). "Bennett touts leadership". Peterborough Examiner.
  14. ^ Kovach, Joelle (July 9, 2015). "Former Peterborough MPP Keith Brown dies". Peterborough Examiner. Archived from the original on July 12, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2015.

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