Brian C. Downey

Brian Clifford Downey (November 5, 1950 – January 12, 2012) was a politician from Alberta, Canada.

Born in Castor, Alberta to Clifford and Doreen Downey, Brian Downey was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the riding of Stettler as a Progressive Conservative member during the 1986 Alberta general election. He served his first term as a backbencher in Don Getty's government. He was re-elected for his second term in 1989.

However, during that election, Premier Getty was defeated in his own riding of Edmonton-Whitemud. Downey resigned as the member for Stettler so that Getty could run in a by-election. Under long-standing practice in Westminster systems, if the party leader has no seat, another legislator in their party resigns to give the leader a chance to get into the chamber via a by-election.

After Downey retired from politics he was appointed as enhancement co-ordinator of Alberta Hail and Crop Insurance Corporation. He was later appointed Chairman of the Alberta Grain Commission.^{[citation needed]}