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Richard E. Brown | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for Charlottetown-Victoria Park Charlottetown-Kings Square (1997–2000, 2003–2007) | |
| In office September 29, 2003 –March 26, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Bob MacMillan |
| Succeeded by | Karla Bernard |
| In office November 17,1997 –April 17,2000 | |
| Preceded by | Wayne Cheverie |
| Succeeded by | Bob MacMillan |
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| Born | September 10,1956 Charlottetown,Prince Edward Island,Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence(s) | Charlottetown,Prince Edward Island |
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]
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