Jim Brownell (born 29 January 1948) is a former

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, Canada. He was a

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member of the

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from 2003 to 2011. One of his distant ancestors, John Brownell, represented the same general region in the Upper Canadian parliament from 1808 to 1809.

Background

Brownell has a

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degree, a

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degree, and a

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degree from the

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. He was a teacher with the Upper Canada District School Board for thirty-two years. In 1992 completed the principal's qualification program at Queen's University. He has been involved with many local organizations, including the Lost Villages Historical Society and Museum. In 2002, he was awarded a Queen Elizabeth Golden Jubilee Medal by his community.

Politics

Brownell served for fourteen years as a councillor, deputy reeve and reeve in Cornwall Township and South Stormont Township. Incumbent Stormont-Dundas-Charlottenburgh Liberal

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John Cleary retired before the 2003 provincial election. Brownell won the party nomination to take his place as Liberal candidate. Although the election was expected to be close, he defeated Progressive Conservative Todd Lalonde by about 5500 votes. On May 21, 2004, he was appointed

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, the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care. He then served as the parliamentary assistant to the

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, Monique Smith. In the 2007 provincial election he was re-elected over PC candidate Chris Savard by 3,827 votes. In 2009 he was appointed as parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Consumer Services. On November 19, 2010, he announced that he would not run in the 2011 election.

Electoral record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brownell, Jim 1948 births Living people Ontario Liberal Party MPPs University of Ottawa alumni 21st-century Canadian politicians