Canadian politician
Richard Earle Brown [ 1] is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2007 provincial election .[ 2] He represented the electoral district of Charlottetown-Victoria Park as a member of the Liberal Party . His brother Philip Brown, is the current and 46th Mayor of Charlottetown.
He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in a 1997 by-election , following the resignation of Wayne Cheverie . He was subsequently defeated by Bob MacMillan in the 2000 provincial election , but defeated MacMillan when he ran again in the 2003 election .[ 3] [ 4]
In June 2007, Brown was appointed to the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island as Minister of Development and Technology.[ 5] In April 2008, he became Minister of Innovation and Advanced Learning.[ 6] In January 2009, Brown was moved to Minister of Environment, Energy and Forestry.[ 7] [ 8] Brown was dropped from cabinet following the 2011 election.[ 9] [ 10] On May 20, 2015, Brown returned to cabinet as Minister of Workforce and Advanced Learning.[ 11] [ 12] He resigned from cabinet on February 15, 2017.[ 13] On January 10, 2018, Brown returned to cabinet as Minister of Communities, Land and Environment.[ 14] He was defeated when he ran for re-election in 2019 .[ 15]
References
^ "Minding the House: a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume 2), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid, Eds.)" (PDF) . Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. p. 10. Retrieved April 4, 2021 .
^ "Liberals sweep crucial districts" . CBC News. May 28, 2007. Archived from the original on July 3, 2007. Retrieved 2016-06-11 .
^ "Islanders temper Tory majority" . CBC News. September 30, 2003. Retrieved 2016-06-11 .
^ "PEI Votes 2003 - Charlottetown-Kings Square" . CBC News. September 29, 2003. Retrieved June 7, 2016 .
^ "Prince Edward Island Cabinet Appointed" . June 12, 2007. Retrieved January 14, 2024 .
^ "Ghiz makes shifts in government departments" . The Guardian . April 3, 2008. Archived from the original on August 8, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2024 .
^ "Richard Brown dropped as Innovation Minister" . The Guardian . January 13, 2009. Archived from the original on August 7, 2016. Retrieved 2024-01-14 .
^ "Ghiz tweaks PEI cabinet" . The Globe and Mail . January 13, 2009. Retrieved 2016-06-07 .
^ "Veterans bounced from P.E.I. cabinet" . CBC News. October 18, 2011. Retrieved 2016-06-07 .
^ "Ghiz announces new cabinet; Brown, Bertram lose portfolios" . The Guardian . October 18, 2011. Archived from the original on August 3, 2016. Retrieved 2024-01-14 .
^ "P.E.I. cabinet restructured under MacLauchlan" . CBC News. May 20, 2015. Retrieved 2016-06-07 .
^ "PEI Premier Wade MacLauchlan names new, lean nine-member cabinet" . The Globe and Mail . May 20, 2015. Retrieved 2016-06-07 .
^ "Richard Brown out of P.E.I. cabinet post; Gallant, Murphy shuffled in" . The Guardian . Charlottetown. February 15, 2017. Retrieved 2023-03-12 .
^ "Roach, McIsaac out in P.E.I. cabinet shuffle" . CBC News. January 10, 2018. Retrieved 2018-01-10 .
^ " 'I felt shockingly calm': Rookie MLAs react to their 1st political wins" . CBC News. April 24, 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-26 .
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