Kenneth M. Brown

Kenneth McKenzie Brown (August 3, 1887 – February 28, 1955) was a pulp and paper worker and political figure in the Dominion of Newfoundland. He represented Twillingate from 1923 to 1932 as a member of the Fisherman's Protective Union and Grand Falls from 1932 to 1934 as a member of the United Newfoundland Party in the Newfoundland House of Assembly.

He was born in King's Cove, Bonavista Bay, the son of James Brown and Caroline Gill, and was educated there. He was a Great Grandson of William Brown who was elected as a representative of Bonavista Bay in the 1832 general Election. Brown worked as a seaman on the British Columbia coast, returning to Newfoundland in 1912 with the body of his brother Garland Gill Brown who was accidentally killed in Nanaimo British Columbia . He was employed by the Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company at its mill in Grand Falls. In 1919, He was married twice first to Mary Jane Crocker on Nov 8 1913 in St Johns Newfoundland and then to Violett Irene Hollet on May 7, 1918 in Grand Falls Newfoundland,Brown became president of the Fisherman's Protective Union in 1936. From 1944 to 1947, he was president of the Newfoundland Seamen's Association. Brown was elected to represent Bonavista South in the Newfoundland National Convention. He opposed union with Canada. Brown collapsed due to a cerebral hemorrhage while speaking at the convention on October 30, 1946. He later died at the age of 67 in St. John's.

References

• Baker, Melvin (2000). "Kenneth McKenzie Brown, O.B.E." Memorial University. Retrieved 2009-11-20.