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William Heartz Brown

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William H. Brown
MLA for Yarmouth
In office
1949–1956
Preceded byHenry A. Waterman
Succeeded byWillard O'Brien
Eric Spinney
Personal details
Born(1883-02-25)February 25, 1883
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
DiedMay 24, 1967(1967-05-24) (aged 84)
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Political partyProgressive Conservative

William Heartz Brown (February 25, 1883 – May 24, 1967) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Yarmouth in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1949 to 1956. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.[1]

Brown was born in 1883 at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.[2] He married Etta May, and was employed as a superintendent at a textile plant.[2] He served on town council in Yarmouth from 1948 to 1952.[2] Brown entered provincial politics in the 1949 election, winning the dual-member Yarmouth riding with Liberal Donald J. Fraser.[3] He was re-elected in the 1953 election, serving with Progressive Conservative Raymond Z. Bourque.[4] Both Brown and Bourque were defeated when they ran for re-election in 1956, losing to Liberals Willard O'Brien and Eric Spinney.[5] Brown died at Yarmouth on May 24, 1967.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Electoral History for Yarmouth" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  2. ^ a b c d Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 22. ISBN 0-88871-050-X. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  3. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1949" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1949. p. 66. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  4. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1953" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1953. p. 66. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  5. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1956" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1956. p. 71. Retrieved 2015-03-03.