Buda Brown

Buda Hosmer Brown
Buda Hosmer Brown
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly; for Vancouver-Point Grey
	In office; September 19, 1956 – August 12, 1962 Serving with Thomas Audley Bate (1953–1963) and Robert Bonner (1953–1956)
Preceded by	Arthur Laing
Succeeded by	Pat McGeer
Personal details
Born	June 10, 1894; Bellingham, Washington, United States
Died	August 12, 1962 (aged 68); Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Spouse	Donald Cameron Brown

Buda Hosmer Brown (June 10, 1894 – August 12, 1962^[1]) was a political figure in British Columbia. She represented Vancouver-Point Grey in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1956 to 1962 as a Social Credit member.

She was born Buda Hosmer Jenkins in Bellingham, Washington, the daughter of William D. Jenkins, and later married Donald Cameron Brown.^[2] She served eight years as a Vancouver Parks commissioner.^[3] Brown ran unsuccessfully as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the federal riding of Vancouver—Burrard in 1953 before being elected to the provincial assembly as a member of the Social Credit party. Brown served in the provincial cabinet as minister without portfolio. She died in office at the age of 68.^[2]

References

^ History of Metropolitan Vancouver
^ ^a ^b "Social Credit minister dies of lengthy illness". Leader-Post. Regina. August 13, 1962. p. 7. Retrieved 2011-12-23.
^ "City's Buda Brown Gets Cabinet Post". Vancouver Sun. November 29, 1960. p. 6. Retrieved 2011-12-23.

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[1] History of Metropolitan Vancouver

[pst-2] "Social Credit minister dies of lengthy illness". Leader-Post. Regina. August 13, 1962. p. 7. Retrieved 2011-12-23.

[3] "City's Buda Brown Gets Cabinet Post". Vancouver Sun. November 29, 1960. p. 6. Retrieved 2011-12-23.

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