Charles Peter Brown (April 3, 1951 – August 14, 2003) was a Minnesota politician and a former member of the
Minnesota House of Representatives
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from southwestern Minnesota. Narrowly elected in 1984, he was solidly re-elected in 1986 in the
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party's “firestorm” that swept through the region, giving
Democrats unprecedented control of southwestern Minnesota for the next several election cycles. Re-elected again in 1988, 1990, 1992 and 1994, he serving six terms before retiring. He represented the old District 11A and, later, District 13A, which included all or portions of
Big Stone,
Douglas
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Stevens
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counties, changing somewhat through
redistricting
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in 1990.
While in the legislature, Brown was a member of the House Agriculture, Appropriations, Capital Investment, Education, General Legislation & Veterans Affairs, Judiciary, Labor-Management Relations, Local Government & Metropolitan Affairs, Taxes, Transportation, and Ways & Means committees, and of various sub-committees relevant to each area. He chaired the Local Government & Metropolitan Affairs Committee during the 1993-94 Session.
From the town of
Appleton
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, Brown was an
auctioneer
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by trade. After leaving the legislature in 1997, he became a contract lobbyist for several groups, including the Tubman Family Alliance. Through his work for the Domestic Violence Legislative Alliance, he
represented the interests of Tubman and numerous other service providers across Minnesota.
He died unexpectedly in August 2003.
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1951 births
2003 deaths
People from Appleton, Minnesota
Southwest Minnesota State University alumni
American auctioneers
Democratic Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives
20th-century members of the Minnesota Legislature
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