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Michael A. "Mike" Brown, MPP

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario , is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the second largest provincial legislature of Canada...

(born April 18, 1950 in Sarnia

Sarnia, Ontario

Sarnia is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada . It is the largest city on Lake Huron and is located where the upper Great Lakes empty into the St. Clair River....

, Ontario

Ontario

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) is a politician

Politician

A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

in Ontario

Ontario

, Canada

Canada

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and was the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario is the presiding officer of the provincial legislature. Since 1990 the position has been elected by MPPs using a secret ballot. Previously, the Speaker had been appointed by the Premier of Ontario after consultation with the Leader of the...

from October 2005 until October 2007. He sits in the Ontario legislature

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario , is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the second largest provincial legislature of Canada...

representing the northern riding

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

of Algoma—Manitoulin

Algoma—Manitoulin (provincial electoral district)

Algoma—Manitoulin is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1934....

for 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...

.

Brown was educated at the University of Western Ontario

University of Western Ontario

The University of Western Ontario is a public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus covers of land, with the Thames River cutting through the eastern portion of the main campus. Western administers its programs through 12 different faculties and...

and Humber College

Humber College

Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning is a polytechnic college in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Humber offers more than 150 programs including: bachelor’s degree, diploma, certificate, post-graduate certificate and apprenticeship programs, across 40 fields of study. Humber serves...

, and worked as a funeral director before entering public life. He is a former member of the Manitoulin Planning Board, and is a past president of the Manitoulin Island Country Club.

Brown was first elected to the Ontario legislature in the provincial election of 1987

Ontario general election, 1987

The Ontario general election of 1987 was held on September 10, 1987, to elect members of the 34th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada.The governing Ontario Liberal Party, led by David Peterson, was returned to power with a large majority...

, defeating New Democrat Ron Boucher and Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was known for many years as "Ontario's natural governing party." It has ruled the province for 80 of the years since Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985...

Ben Wilson. The Algoma—Manitoulin riding had been held by the Progressive Conservatives for several years, and Brown's victory was part of a larger trend towards the Liberal Party in northern Ontario. He was not appointed to the Cabinet

Cabinet (government)

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of David Peterson

David Peterson

David Robert Peterson, PC, O.Ont was the 20th Premier of the Province of Ontario, Canada, from June 26, 1985 to October 1, 1990. He was the first Liberal premier of Ontario in 42 years....

.

The Liberals were defeated by the NDP in the provincial election of 1990

Ontario general election, 1990

The Ontario general election of 1990 was held on September 6, 1990, to elect members of the 35th Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario, Canada....

. Most ridings in northern Ontario were won by the NDP, and Brown was only able to defeat NDP candidate Lois Miller by 207 votes. He was re-elected by a larger margin in the provincial election of 1995

Ontario general election, 1995

The Ontario general election of 1995 was held on June 8, 1995, to elect members of the 36th Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario, Canada...

, which was won by the Progressive Conservatives. In 1996, he endorsed Dwight Duncan

Dwight Duncan

Dwight Duncan, MPP is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1995, and is the Minister of Finance in the government of Dalton McGuinty...

's bid to lead the Ontario Liberal Party.

In 1996, the Tory government of Mike Harris

Mike Harris

Michael Deane "Mike" Harris was the 22nd Premier of Ontario from June 26, 1995 to April 15, 2002. He is most noted for the "Common Sense Revolution", his Progressive Conservative government's program of deficit reduction in combination with lower taxes and cuts to government...

introduced a measure to reduce the number of ridings in the province from 130 to 103. Brown's constituency of Algoma—Manitoulin was joined with the neighbouring constituency of Algoma

Algoma (provincial electoral district)

Algoma was a provincial electoral district in northern Ontario, Canada that elected one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It existed from 1867 to 1884, 1902 to 1934 and from 1967 to 1999. In 1999, the riding was abolished into Algoma—Manitoulin....

to create a much larger riding bearing the Algoma—Manitoulin name. He faced New Democrat Lynn Watson and Progressive Conservative Keith Currie in the election of 1999

Ontario general election, 1999

An Ontario general election was held on June 3, 1999, to elect members of the 37th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada....

. Although Currie actually received a plurality of votes in the old Algoma riding, Brown's dominance over the eastern corner of the constituency was such that he was able to win re-election without difficulty. The Tories again won the election; Brown served as Deputy Speaker

Speaker (politics)

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from 2000 to 2001.

The Liberals won a majority government in the provincial election of 2003

Ontario general election, 2003

The Ontario general election of 2003 was held on October 2, 2003, to elect the 103 members of the 38th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada....

, although Brown was actually re-elected with a reduced majority over New Democrat Peter Denley. On October 23, 2003, he was named parliamentary assistant to David Ramsay, the Ontario Minister of Natural Resources. He was elected speaker of the 38th Legislative Assembly of Ontario

38th Legislative Assembly of Ontario

The 38th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was a legislature of the government of the Province of Ontario, Canada. It officially opened November 19, 2003, at Queen's Park in Toronto, and ended on June 5, 2007...

on October 11, 2005, defeating Tory Ted Arnott

Ted Arnott

Theodore Calvin Arnott is a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the district of Wellington—Halton Hills....

in a two-way contest. The vacancy in the position was caused when Alvin Curling

Alvin Curling

Alvin Curling is a prominent Black Canadian. He was Canada's envoy to the Dominican Republic from 2005-2006. A former politician in Ontario, Canada, he was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario until he resigned on August 19, 2005 to accept his diplomatic appointment...

was named ambassador to the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

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.

Brown stood for re-election as Speaker when the 39th Legislative Assembly

39th Legislative Assembly of Ontario

The 39th Legislative Assembly of Ontario is the current legislature of the government of the Province of Ontario, Canada. It officially opened November 29, 2007, at Queen's Park in Toronto. The membership was set by the 2007 Ontario general election on October 10, 2007.It is controlled by a...

first convened following the 2007 provincial election

Ontario general election, 2007

The Ontario general election of 2007 was held on October 10, 2007 to elect members of the 39th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. The Liberals under Dalton McGuinty won the election with a majority government, winning 71 out of a possible 107 seats with 42.2% of the popular...

but he was defeated by fellow Liberal Steve Peters on the fourth ballot and returned to the Liberal backbench.

Electoral record

|-

|Mike Brown
|align="right"|11,455
|align="right"|42.8
|align="right"|-6.8
|-

|Peter Denley
|align="right"|9,853
|align="right"|36.8
|align="right"|5.1
|-

|Ron Swain
|align="right"|3,740
|align="right"|14.0
|align="right"|-3.3
|-

|Ron Yurick
|align="right"|1,369
|align="right"|5.1
|align="right"|2.8
|-

|Ray Scott
|align="right"|361
|align="right"|1.4
|align="right"|
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="6"|Ontario general election, 2003

Ontario general election, 2003

The Ontario general election of 2003 was held on October 2, 2003, to elect the 103 members of the 38th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada....

Ontario Liberal Party

Ontario New Democratic Party

The Ontario New Democratic Party or , formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961, a few months after the federal party. The ONDP had its...

|Peter Denley
|align=right|9,459
|align=right|31.7
|align=right| +4.4
|-

| style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative
|Terry McCutcheon
|align=right|5,168
|align=right|17.3
|align=right| -9.5
|-

| style="width: 185px"|Green
|Ron Yurick
|align=right|680
|align=right|2.3
|align=right| -
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="6"|Ontario general election, 1999

Ontario general election, 1999

An Ontario general election was held on June 3, 1999, to elect members of the 37th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada....

Ontario Liberal Party

Ontario New Democratic Party

Ontario Libertarian Party

The Ontario Libertarian Party is a political party in Ontario, Canada that was founded in 1975 by Bruce Evoy, Vince Miller, and others, inspired by the formation three years earlier of the US Libertarian Party. The Party is guided by adherence to the philosophical ideas of Austrian Economics and...

|Graham Hearn
|align=right|425
|align=right|1.3
|align=right| -
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="6"|Ontario general election, 1995

Ontario general election, 1995

The Ontario general election of 1995 was held on June 8, 1995, to elect members of the 36th Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario, Canada...

Ontario Liberal Party

Ontario New Democratic Party

|Lois Miller
|align=right|2,991
|align=right|20.8
|align=right| -16.7
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="6"|Ontario general election, 1990

Ontario general election, 1990

The Ontario general election of 1990 was held on September 6, 1990, to elect members of the 35th Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario, Canada....

Ontario Liberal Party

Ontario New Democratic Party

Ontario Provincial Confederation of Regions Party

The Ontario Provincial Confederation of Regions Party is a minor political party in Ontario, Canada, the provincial branch of the now-defunct Confederation of Regions Party of Canada...

|Richard Hammond
|align=right|1,114
|align=right|7.3
|align=right| -
|-

| style="width: 185px"|Independent
|Gene Solomon
|align=right|347
|align=right|2.3
|align=right| -
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="6"|Ontario general election, 1987

Ontario general election, 1987

Ontario Liberal Party

Ontario New Democratic Party

|Ron Boucher
|align=right|4,385
|align=right|28.2
|align=right| +6.4
|-

| style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative
|Ben Wilson
|align=right|3,999
|align=right|25.7
|align=right| -21.5

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