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4 unusual facts about Bert Brown


Bert Brown

Bert Brown (born March 22, 1938) is a former Canadian senator and retired farmer and development consultant currently residing in Balzac, Alberta.

The definitive symbol for the cause, he has been documented in countless Hansard transcripts in provincial legislatures across the country, as well as the federal Parliament and Senate.

Brown became the second person in Canadian history, after Stan Waters, to be appointed to his Senate seat following a provincial senator-in-waiting election.

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He was appointed to the Senate following the retirement of Senator Bert Brown on March 22, 2013.


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Nonetheless, three winners of such elections have been nominated to the Senate: Senator Stan Waters was elected in the Alberta Senate nominee election, 1989, and Senators Bert Brown and Betty Unger were elected Senators-in-Waiting in 2004.


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