Patrick Brown (Canadian politician)

Patrick Brown
Brown in 2017
51st Mayor of Brampton
Assumed office
December 1, 2018
Deputy
  • Harkirat Singh
Preceded byLinda Jeffrey
Leader of the Official Opposition in Ontario
In office
September 14, 2015 – January 25, 2018
PremierKathleen Wynne
Preceded byJim Wilson
Succeeded byVic Fedeli
Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
In office
May 9, 2015 – January 25, 2018
Preceded byJim Wilson (interim)
Succeeded byVic Fedeli (interim)
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Simcoe North
In office
September 3, 2015 – June 7, 2018
Preceded byGarfield Dunlop
Succeeded byJill Dunlop
Member of Parliament
for Barrie
In office
January 23, 2006 – May 13, 2015
Preceded byAileen Carroll
Succeeded byRiding dissolved
Personal details
Born
Patrick Walter Brown

(1978-05-26) May 26, 1978 (age 46)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Political partyIndependent[1]
Other political
affiliations
Conservative
Progressive Conservative (until 2018)
Spouse
Genevieve Gualtieri
(m. 2018)
[2]
Children2
RelativesJoe Tascona (uncle)
Residence(s)Brampton, Ontario[3][4]
EducationSt. Michael's College School
Alma mater
Profession
  • Politician
  • lawyer

Patrick Walter Brown (born May 26, 1978) is a Canadian politician who has served as the 51st and current mayor of Brampton since 2018. He served as leader of the Official Opposition in Ontario and leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative (PC) Party from 2015 to 2018. Brown also represented the riding Barrie in the House of Commons as a Conservative from 2006 to 2015.

Brown entered politics when he won a seat on the Barrie City Council in 2000. He later joined the Conservative Party and became a member of Parliament (MP) in 2006. He represented Barrie in the House of Commons until 2015, when he was elected as leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative (PC) Party and resigned his seat in Parliament. Brown was subsequently elected to represent Simcoe North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and became the leader of the Opposition. He served as leader until 2018, when he was expelled from the caucus. He later returned to municipal politics and was elected mayor of Brampton.

In 2022, Brown contested for the federal Conservative leadership election, but was disqualified following claims that his campaign violated the Canada Elections Act. He was subsequently re-elected as mayor of Brampton.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference eject was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Frisque, Graeme (October 2, 2018). "Brampton mayoral hopeful Patrick Brown weds in private weekend ceremony". Brampton Guardian.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference running for brampton mayor was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "List of Certified Candidates, nominated with the City of Brampton for the 2018 Municipal Election". www.brampton.ca. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  5. ^ "Patrick Brown re-elected for second term as mayor of Brampton". CTV News Toronto. October 24, 2022. Retrieved October 25, 2022.