Bonnie Brown

Infobox CanadianMP | name= M. A. Bonnie Brown


term_start=1993 election
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predecessor= Otto Jelinek
birth_date= birth date and age | 1941|03|02
birth_place= Toronto
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profession=Executive director, social worker, teacher
party=Liberal
party colour=Liberal
residence=Oakville
riding=Oakville—Milton (1993-1997);
Oakville (1997-present)
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spouse=Ron Coupland
religion=Roman Catholic|

:"For the country music singer part of The Browns, see: Bonnie Brown (musician)"M. A. Bonnie Brown (born March 2, 1941 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is the Member of Parliament for the riding of Oakville and a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Brown first won a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1993 Federal Election in the Oakville-Milton riding. After Oakville-Milton was divided into two ridings, Oakville and Halton, she has been re-elected in Oakville in 1997, 2000, 2004 and 2006.

Prior to entering politics full time, Brown was employed as a social worker and teacher. She was elected as a school trustee in 1987 and was then elected to the Oakville, Ontario Town Council, and later, the Halton Regional Council. In 1993, she replaced retiring incumbent Otto Jelinek (PC) as the Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Oakville-Milton.

She has served as chair of the Liberal Caucus Committee on Social Policy before being elected chair of the Commons all-party Standing Committee on Health. She was re-elected chair of this committee unanimously.

Bonnie Brown was the first Liberal MP to publicly speak out against the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. She was also influential in Canada's ratification of the Kyoto Accord on Climate Change.

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* [http://www.bonniebrown.org/index.php Bonnie Brown's Homepage]
* [http://www.liberal.ca/members_e.aspx?id=1057 Liberal Party's Profile on Bonnie Brown]
* [http://www.howdtheyvote.ca/member.php?id=47 How'd They Vote?: Bonnie Brown's voting history and quotes]