Buda Hosmer Brown (June 10, 1894 – August 12, 1962) was a political figure in

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. She represented

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in the

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from 1956 to 1962 as a

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member. She was born Buda Hosmer Jenkins in

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, the daughter of William D. Jenkins, and later married Donald Cameron Brown. She served eight years as a Vancouver Parks commissioner. Brown ran unsuccessfully as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the federal riding of

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in 1953 before being elected to the provincial assembly as a member of the Social Credit party. Brown served in the provincial cabinet as

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. She died in office at the age of 68.

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1894 births 1962 deaths British Columbia Social Credit Party MLAs Women government ministers of Canada Members of the Executive Council of British Columbia Politicians from Bellingham, Washington Women MLAs in British Columbia Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons Candidates in the 1953 Canadian federal election 20th-century Canadian women politicians American emigrants to Canada {{BritishColumbia-MLA-stub