Bonnie Brown (politician)
| Bonnie Brown | |
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| Member of Parliament for Oakville—Milton | |
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In office 1993–1997 |
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| Preceded by | Otto Jelinek |
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
| Member of Parliament for Oakville | |
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In office 1997–2008 |
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| Preceded by | first member |
| Succeeded by | Terence Young |
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| Born |
March 2, 1941 Toronto, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Ron Coupland |
| Residence | Oakville |
| Profession | Executive director, social worker, teacher |
M. A. Bonnie Brown (born March 2, 1941) is the former Member of Parliament for the riding of Oakville and a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. She is considered a left-wing Liberal, politically.
Brown was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She first won a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1993 Federal Election in the Oakville-Milton riding. After Oakville-Milton was divided into two ridings, Oakville and Halton, she was re-elected in Oakville in 1997, 2000, 2004 and 2006. In the 2006 election, she won by a margin of 744 votes. She was defeated by Conservative Party of Canada candidate Terence Young in the October 14, 2008 federal election.
Prior to entering politics full-time, Brown was employed as a social worker and teacher. She was elected as a school trustee in 1987 and was then elected to the Oakville, Ontario Town Council, and later, the Halton Regional Council. In 1993, she replaced retiring incumbent Otto Jelinek (PC) as the Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Oakville-Milton.
She has served as chair of the Liberal Caucus Committee on Social Policy before being elected chair of the Commons all-party Standing Committee on Health. During her time on the Commons Health Committee, she recommended that patents on human genes should not be allowed.
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