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Guy Brown (politician)

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Guy Brown
MLA for Cumberland South
In office
1993–1998
Preceded bynew riding
Succeeded byMurray Scott
MLA for Cumberland Centre
In office
1974–1993
Preceded byRaymond M. Smith
Succeeded byriding dissolved
Personal details
Born(1936-08-24)August 24, 1936
Springhill, Nova Scotia
DiedApril 5, 2009(2009-04-05) (aged 72)
Moncton, New Brunswick
Political partyLiberal

Guy A. C. Brown (August 24, 1936 – April 5, 2009) was a politician in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Cumberland Centre, and then Cumberland South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, from 1974 to 1998.

He was born in Springhill, Nova Scotia in 1936,[1] and served in the Canadian Army from 1956 to 1962. Brown served in the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Consumer Affairs from 1976 to 1978, and Minister of Housing and Consumer Affairs from 1993 to 1996. Brown was mayor of Springhill from 2004 to 2008.[2]

Brown died at the age of 72 on April 5, 2009, in Moncton, New Brunswick, after a lengthy illness.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 21. ISBN 0-88871-050-X. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  2. ^ "Guy Brown calls it quits...for now". The Springhill Record. September 10, 2008. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011.
  3. ^ Longtime N.S. politician Guy Brown dead at 72, CBC News. April 6, 2009. Retrieved June 19, 2014.