Richard Earle Brown is a

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politician, who was elected to the

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in the 2007 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of

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as a member of the

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. His brother Philip Brown, is the current and 46th Mayor of Charlottetown. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in a 1997

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, following the resignation of Wayne Cheverie. He was subsequently defeated by

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in the 2000 provincial election, but defeated MacMillan when he ran again in the 2003 election. In June 2007, Brown was appointed to the

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as Minister of Development and Technology. In April 2008, he became Minister of Innovation and Advanced Learning. In January 2009, Brown was moved to Minister of Environment, Energy and Forestry. Brown was dropped from cabinet following the 2011 election. On May 20, 2015, Brown returned to cabinet as Minister of Workforce and Advanced Learning. He resigned from cabinet on February 15, 2017. On January 10, 2018, Brown returned to cabinet as Minister of Communities, Land and Environment. He was defeated when he ran for re-election in

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References

External links

Biography at Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Richard Living people Members of the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island Politicians from Charlottetown Prince Edward Island Liberal Party MLAs 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island 1956 births