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William Brown
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Farmer, municipal official, MLA (1922-1927).
Born near Lindsay, Ontario on 21 February 1870, he came to Manitoba in 1888 and farmed near Roland.
He was one of the first councillors of the Rural Municipality of Dufferin and a Councillor and Reeve of the Rural Municipality of Roland. Elected for the Dufferin constituency at the 1922 provincial general election, he served a single term and did not stand for re-election in the 1927 general election.
On 6 January 1904, he married Jennie Luella Bruce (1874-1968) at Winnipeg and they had a son, Ralph Churchill Brown (1905-1981). He was Superintendent of the Pomeroy United Church Sunday School for over 25 years, a trustee for Pomeroy School, and a member of the Orange Lodge.
He died at Carman on 9 November 1943 and was buried in the Carman Cemetery.
Marriage registration [William Brown, Jennie Bruce], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registration [Ralph Churchill Brown], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
1921 Canada census, Library and Archives Canada.
1931 Canada census, Ancestry.
“Wm. Brown, M.L.A., dies at Carman, Man.,” Winnipeg Free Press, 19 November 1943. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B9, page 143]
Obituary, Western Municipal News, December 1943, page 301.
Obituary [Ralph Churchill Brown], Winnipeg Free Press, 19 August 1981, page 55.
We thank Oliver Bernuetz (Legislative Library of Manitoba) and Murray Sloane for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 12 August 2024
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