Ebenezer Brown ( – June 5, 1883) was an

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-born wholesale merchant and political figure in

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. He represented

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from 1875 to 1878 and

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from 1878 to 1881 in the

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. He was educated in England and came to British Columbia in 1858. A stonemason, he erected the border monument at the

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boundary.letter from John C. Brown, another former MLA, January 14, 1927, quoted in ''Place Names of the Delta of the Fraser River'',

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, 1927, unpublished manuscript held in the Provincial Archives, quoted in BC Names entry "Brownsville (former locality)"]

Political life

He served on the municipal council for New Westminster, British Columbia, New Westminster. Brown was president of the province's Executive Council (the cabinet) from February to September 1876. He resigned his seat in the assembly in November 1881 due to poor health. Another version from a fellow MLA says he retired because of conflict of interest issues relating to railway developments. Brown died two years later in New Westminster at the age of 59. Brownsville across the

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from New Westminster was named after Ebenezer Brown who built the first hotel there and also owned a wharf.

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* 1820s births Year of birth uncertain 1883 deaths English emigrants to pre-Confederation British Columbia Independent MLAs in British Columbia Canadian merchants 19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia {{Independent-BritishColumbia-MLA-stub