Lewis Mackenzie Brand (21 November 1925 – 15 February 1994) was a Progressive Conservative Party member of the

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. He was a physician and surgeon by career. He was first elected at the

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riding in the 1965 general election. After serving one term, the 27th Canadian Parliament, as an

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MP, Brand was defeated at the newly configured Saskatoon—Humboldt riding by Otto Lang of the

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in the 1968 federal election. Brand was also unsuccessful in unseating Lang in the 1972 election.Brand defeated Bill Fair to win the Progressive Conservative nomination in 1972. See "Stanfield says PM feared June election", Globe and Mail, 24 May 1972, p. 2. Dr Brand faced numerous sex abuse allegations.

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* 1925 births 1994 deaths 20th-century Canadian surgeons British emigrants to Canada Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{Saskatchewan-MP-stub