John Brown (Ontario MPP)

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{other people|John Brown|John Brown (disambiguation)}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = John Brown

| image =

| caption =

| office1 = Ontario MPP

| term_start1 = 1903

| term_end1 = 1904

| predecessor1 = John C. Monteith

| successor1 = James Torrance

| term_start2 = 1898

| term_end2 = 1902

| predecessor2 = Thomas Magwood

| successor2 = John C. Monteith

| constituency2 = Perth North

| party = Liberal

| birth_date = {{birth date|1849|10|19}}

| birth_place = Downie Township, Canada West

| death_date = {{death date and age|1924|10|17|1849|10|19}}

| death_place = Stratford, Ontario

| occupation =

| spouse = Isabella Gunn

| children =

}}

John Brown (October 19, 1849 – October 17, 1924) was a general agent and politician in Ontario, Canada. He represented Perth North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1898 to 1902 and from 1903 to 1904 as a Liberal.{{cite web |title=John Brown, MPP |url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=933 |website=ontla.on.ca |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Ontario |access-date=February 11, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216222047/http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=933 |archive-date=February 16, 2016}}

He was born in Downie township, Perth County, Canada West. Brown was mayor of Stratford from 1890 to 1891. He married Isabella Gunn.{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide |last=Magurn |first=Arnott J |year=1901}}

Brown was first elected to the Ontario assembly in 1898. He was defeated by John C. Monteith in 1902 but that election was declared invalid and Brown was elected in a 1903 by-election.{{cite book |url=http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Journals_of_the_Legislative_Assembly_of_the_Province_of_Ontario_1903_v37_1000694070/69 |title=Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario |year=1903 |page=70 |access-date=February 11, 2016}}