John George Brown was an Ontario politician. He was elected to the Ontario legislature as the Ontario Liberal Party

Ontario Liberal Party

The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...

 Member of Provincial Parliament for Waterloo North

Waterloo North

Waterloo North was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 in the 1948 provincial election

Ontario general election, 1948

The Ontario general election of 1948 was held on June 7, 1948, to elect the 90 members of the 23rd Legislative Assembly of Ontario of the Province of Ontario, Canada....

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Brown ran for his party's leadership in the 1950 Liberal leadership convention placing third in a field of eight candidates and remaining until the third and final ballot.

He only served in the legislature for a single term, until the 1951 provincial election

Ontario general election, 1951

The Ontario general election of 1951 was held on November 22, 1951, to elect the 90 members of the 24th Legislative Assembly of Ontario of the Province of Ontario, Canada....

. http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=2009