William Heartz Brown (February 25, 1883 – May 24, 1967) was a Canadian politician. He represented the

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in the

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from 1949 to 1956. He was a member of the

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. Brown was born in 1883 at

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. He married Etta May, and was employed as a superintendent at a textile plant. He served on town council in Yarmouth from 1948 to 1952. Brown entered provincial politics in the 1949 election, winning the dual-member Yarmouth riding with Liberal Donald J. Fraser. He was re-elected in the 1953 election, serving with Progressive Conservative Raymond Z. Bourque. Both Brown and Bourque were defeated when they ran for re-election in

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, losing to Liberals

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and Eric Spinney. Brown died at Yarmouth on May 24, 1967.

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1883 births 1967 deaths Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs Politicians from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Nova Scotia municipal councillors {{ProgressiveConservative-NovaScotia-MLA-stub