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Donald Ferguson Brown

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Donald Ferguson Brown
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Essex West
In office
1945–1958
Preceded byNorman Alexander McLarty
Succeeded byNorman Leonard Spencer
Personal details
BornJune 30, 1903
Petrolia, Ontario, Canada
DiedOctober 8, 1959(1959-10-08) (aged 56)
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Political partyLiberal
Occupationbarrister, lawyer

Donald Ferguson Brown (June 30, 1903 – October 8, 1959) was a Canadian politician, barrister and lawyer. He was born in Petrolia, Ontario, Canada. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Member of the Liberal Party in the 1945 election to represent the riding of Essex West. He was re-elected in the elections of 1949, 1953, 1957 and defeated in the election of 1958. During his federal political career, he was a member of various committees including: Chairperson of the Special Committee appointed to consider Bill no. 305 : An act respecting immigration, Co-Chair of the Joint Committee on Capital and Corporal Punishment and Lotteries and a member of the Joint Committee on Old Age Security. He died in 1959.[1]

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  1. ^ "The Windsor Daily Star - Google News Archive". 13 October 1959. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
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