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James Brown (October 14, 1828 – April 24, 1897) was a Canadian businessman and politician. He represented Hastings West in the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1882.

He was born in Scotland in 1828 (1826 in some sources). He owned a company that manufactured iron agricultural implements in Belleville and served as the vice-president of the Belleville and North Hastings Railway. Brown also held the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the local militia, served as the mayor of Belleville in 1862 and 1863, and was a reeve for Hastings for six years. In 1861, he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the assembly for the Province of Canada. Brown died in Belleville at the age of 68.

References

• City of Belleville History, WC Mikel (1943) Archived 11 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine

1. ^ James Brown – Parliament of Canada biography
2. The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1882, CH Mackintosh
3. Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.

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