Ewart Brown
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The Honourable Ewart Frederick Brown, Jr. JP, MP |
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| 9th Premier of Bermuda | |
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In office 30 October 2006 – 28 October 2010 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor |
Sir John Vereker Mark Capes (acting) Sir Richard Gozney |
| Preceded by | Alex Scott |
| Succeeded by | Paula Cox |
| Constituency |
Warwick South Central (House of Assembly) |
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| Born | 1946 Bermuda |
| Political party | Progressive Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) | Wanda Henton Brown |
Ewart Frederick Brown, Jr. (born 1946) was the ninth Premier of Bermuda and former leader of the Progressive Labour Party (PLP) from 2006 to 2010. He was the Member of Parliament for Warwick South Central from 1993 to 2010.
Born in Bermuda, Brown is a graduate of Howard University and the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). While at Howard University he served as Student Body President, rising to international prominence during the 1968 Washington, DC, riots. In 1966 he represented Bermuda at the Commonwealth Games in Jamaica.
Premier Brown was elected leader of the ruling Progressive Labour Party on 30 October 2006, defeating incumbent leader and Premier William Alexander Scott, at a PLP delegates conference. Brown won the vote 107 – 76. He was the seventh leader of the Progressive Labour Party and the third leader of that party since winning the 1998 general election. Under his leadership, Brown pledged to take Bermuda to the next level and to "lead Bermuda to greater health, happiness and prosperity for all of its people".
In the 2007 General Election the PLP defeated the United Bermuda Party for the third election in a row. Brown retired in October 2010. Since leaving office, Brown has returned to his medical practice as founder and Executive Chairman of Bermuda HealthCare Services and Brown-Darrell Clinic.
Brown was born in Bermuda to Ewart Sr. and Helene Brown of Flatts. His mother was a member of parliament for the United Bermuda Party (UBP), as was his aunt, Gloria Juanita McPhee, who became Bermuda's first female cabinet minister. He attended the public Central School (today known as Victor Scott Primary) in Pembroke until the age of 11, after which he attended Berkeley Institute. He eventually was sent by his parents to live with an aunt in Jamaica, where he excelled in sports, particularly cricket and track and field, while attending St Jago High School in Spanish Town, eventually representing that school in the 440-yard dash.
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