He was born in Springhill, Nova Scotia in 1936,[1] and served in the Canadian Army from 1956 to 1962. Brown served in the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Consumer Affairs from 1976 to 1978, and Minister of Housing and Consumer Affairs from 1993 to 1996. Brown was mayor of Springhill from 2004 to 2008.[2]
Brown died at the age of 72 on April 5, 2009, in Moncton, New Brunswick, after a lengthy illness.[3]