Rosemary Brown | |
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MLA for Vancouver-Burrard | |
In office 1972–1979 Serving with Norman Levi | |
Preceded by | Harold James Merilees Bert Price |
Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
MLA for Burnaby-Edmonds | |
In office 1979–1986 | |
Preceded by | Raymond Loewen |
Succeeded by | David Mercier |
Personal details | |
Born | Rosemary Wedderburn June 17, 1930 Kingston, Jamaica |
Died | April 26, 2003 Vancouver, British Columbia | (aged 72)
Political party | New Democratic |
Education | McGill University (BA) University of British Columbia (MA) |
Rosemary Brown PC OC OBC (née Wedderburn; June 17, 1930 – April 26, 2003) was a Canadian politician.[1] She was the first black woman elected to the provincial government of British Columbia.