James Brown (October 14, 1828 – April 24, 1897) was a Canadian businessman and politician. He represented

Hastings West Hastings West was a federal electoral district in the province of Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1925. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the County of Hastin ...

in the

House of Commons of Canada The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The House of Common ...

as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1882. He was born in Scotland in 1828 (1826 in some sources). He was an owner of a company which manufactured iron agricultural implements in Belleville and vice-president of the Belleville and North Hastings Railway.''The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1882''
CH Mackintosh Brown was a lieutenant-colonel in the local militia, served as mayor of Belleville in 1862 and 1863 and was also reeve for Hastings for six years. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the assembly for the Province of Canada in 1861. Brown died in Belleville at the age of 68.

References

''City of Belleville History'', WC Mikel (1943)
1828 births 1897 deaths Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Mayors of Belleville, Ontario Scottish emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario {{Ontario-mayor-stub