Michael A. Brown

Michael A. Brown
Mike Brown
MPP for Algoma—Manitoulin
In office
1987–2011
Preceded by John Gordon Lane
Succeeded by Michael Mantha (elect)
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
In office
October 11, 2005 – November 28, 2007
Preceded by Alvin Curling
Succeeded by Steve Peters
Personal details
Born April 18, 1950
Sarnia, Ontario
Political party Liberal
Residence Kagawong, Ontario
Occupation funeral director

Michael A. "Mike" Brown, MPP (born April 18, 1950 in Sarnia, Ontario) is a politician in Ontario, Canada and was the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from October 2005 until October 2007. He sits in the Ontario legislature representing the northern riding of Algoma—Manitoulin for the Ontario Liberal Party.

Brown was educated at the University of Western Ontario and Humber College, 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, defeating New Democrat Ron Boucher and Progressive Conservative 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 of David Peterson.

The Liberals were defeated by the NDP in the provincial election of 1990. 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, which was won by the Progressive Conservatives. In 1996, he endorsed Dwight Duncan's bid to lead the Ontario Liberal Party.[1]

In 1996, the Tory government of Mike Harris 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 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. 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 from 2000 to 2001.

The Liberals won a majority government in the provincial election of 2003, 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 on October 11, 2005, defeating Tory Ted Arnott in a two-way contest. The vacancy in the position was caused when Alvin Curling was named ambassador to the Dominican Republic.

Brown stood for re-election as Speaker when the 39th Legislative Assembly first convened following the 2007 provincial election but he was defeated by fellow Liberal Steve Peters on the fourth ballot and returned to the Liberal backbench.

Electoral record

Ontario general election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     New Democrat Michael Mantha 11,560 44.45 +7.50
     Liberal Michael A. Brown 7,405 28.47 -14.09
     Progressive Conservative Joe Chapman [2] 6,147 23.64 +9.62
     Green Jason Tilson [3] 677 2.60 -2.55
     Family Coalition David Hoffman [4] 218 0.84 -0.49
Total valid votes 26,007 100.0
Ontario general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Mike Brown 11,455 42.8 -6.8
     New Democrat Peter Denley 9,853 36.8 5.1
     Progressive Conservative Ron Swain 3,740 14.0 -3.3
     Green Ron Yurick 1,369 5.1 2.8
     Family Coalition Ray Scott 361 1.4
Ontario general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % +/-
     Liberal Michael A. Brown 14,520 49.6 +5.1
     New Democrat Peter Denley 9,459 31.7 +4.4
     Progressive Conservative Terry McCutcheon 5,168 17.3 -9.5
     Green Ron Yurick 680 2.3 -
Ontario general election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes % +/-
     Liberal Michael A. Brown 14,299 44.5 +1.4
     New Democrat Lynn Watson 8,780 27.3 +6.5
     Progressive Conservative Keith Currie 8,617 26.8 -9.3
     Libertarian Graham Hearn 425 1.3 -
Ontario general election, 1995
Party Candidate Votes % +/-
     Liberal Michael A. Brown 6,190 43.1 +4.2
     Progressive Conservative Joyce Foster 5,184 36.1 +22.0
     New Democrat Lois Miller 2,991 20.8 -16.7
Ontario general election, 1990
Party Candidate Votes % +/-
     Liberal Michael A. Brown 5,961 38.9 -7.2
     New Democrat Lois Miller 5,754 37.5 +9.3
     Progressive Conservative Ken Ferguson 2,163 14.1 -11.6
     Confederation of Regions Richard Hammond 1,114 7.3 -
     Independent Gene Solomon 347 2.3 -
Ontario general election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes % +/-
     Liberal Michael A. Brown 7,157 46.1 +15.1
     New Democrat Ron Boucher 4,385 28.2 +6.4
     Progressive Conservative Ben Wilson 3,999 25.7 -21.5

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