# Bert Brown > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bert_Brown > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bert_Brown.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Brown > Source revision: 1347286870 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Canadian politician (1938–2018) For other people named Bert Brown, see [Bert Brown (disambiguation)](/source/Bert_Brown_(disambiguation)). The Honourable Bert Brown Canadian Senator from Alberta In office July 10, 2007 – March 22, 2013 Personal details Born (1938-03-22)March 22, 1938 Calgary, Alberta, Canada Died February 3, 2018(2018-02-03) (aged 79) Party Conservative Party of Canada Other political affiliations Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta Reform Party of Alberta (1998) **Bert Brown** (March 22, 1938 – February 3, 2018) was a Canadian politician, farmer, and development consultant. ## Early life Brown farmed in [Kathyrn](/source/Kathyrn), Alberta, from 1969 to 1999, after which they sold their family farm. After retiring from the Senate of Canada in March 2013, he returned to land development consulting. He attended Mount Royal College and graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in Civil Engineering. He was married to Alice Taylor (1965) and has one child. ## Campaign for a Triple E Senate Brown was the only person to run in all three of Canada's elected senatorial elections. In 1989 and 2004 he ran under the [Alberta Progressive Conservative Party](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Association_of_Alberta) and in 1998, he ran for the [Reform Party of Alberta](/source/Reform_Party_of_Alberta_(1989%E2%80%932004)). He was elected as a [senator-in-waiting](/source/Senator-in-waiting) in 1998 and re-elected in 2004. Brown was the only person ever to be elected to a second term as senator-in-waiting. He had been campaigning for an elected [Senate of Canada](/source/Senate_of_Canada) for over 23 years. He was the founder and chair of the Canadian Committee for a [Triple-E Senate](/source/Triple-E_Senate). The definitive symbol for the cause, he had been documented in countless [Hansard](/source/Hansard) transcripts in provincial legislatures across the country, as well as the federal Parliament and Senate. He first gained fame for his cause when he used his tractor to plow "Triple E Senate or Else"[1] into his neighbour's two-mile long field. ## Senatorial career Prime Minister [Stephen Harper](/source/Stephen_Harper) promised to advise the [Governor General](/source/Governor_General_of_Canada) to appoint Brown to the next available Senate seat from Alberta, according to comments made in the House of Commons April 18, 2007. The announcement came after long-serving senator [Dan Hays](/source/Dan_Hays) announced his intent to vacate his seat in the Senate at the end of June 2007.[2] Brown was appointed to the Canadian Senate on July 10, 2007.[3] Brown served five and a half years until mandatory retirement. Brown became the second person in Canadian history, after [Stan Waters](/source/Stanley_Waters), to be appointed to his Senate seat following a provincial senator-in-waiting [election](/source/Election). Brown chose to run with the Conservative Party of Canada caucus (federal party), even though he ran under the Progressive Conservative banner (provincial party counterpart), in the Alberta Senate election. On his 75th birthday, March 22, 2013, Brown retired from the Senate as per Senate rules. ## Awards In 2005, Brown was a recipient of the [Alberta Centennial Medal](/source/Alberta_Centennial_Medal). The award was given to notable Albertans who made a lasting contribution in the province over the preceding 100 years.[4] ## Views Bert Brown did not acknowledge the [scientific consensus](/source/Scientific_consensus) on [anthropogenic climate change](/source/Scientific_opinion_on_climate_change) he identified as a denier.[5] ## Death Brown died on February 3, 2018.[6][7] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Harper appoints Albertan senator-in-waiting"](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/harper-appoints-albertan-senator-in-waiting-1.651313). CBC.ca. April 18, 2007. Retrieved March 31, 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Licia Corbella (June 22, 2007). ["Senators, awake"](https://web.archive.org/web/20191224134655/https://edmontonsun.com/). Edmonton Sun. Archived from [the original](http://www.edmontonsun.com/Comment/2007/06/22/4280928-sun.html) on December 24, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2007. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Prime Minister Stephen Harper confirms Albertans' choice for Senate"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070714005509/http://pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?category=1&id=1748). Prime Ministers Office of Canada. Archived from [the original](http://pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?category=1&id=1748) on July 14, 2007. Retrieved July 10, 2007. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Centennial Medal Recipients A - G"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070927190723/http://www.albertacentennial.ca/programs/medal_recip_a-g.html). Alberta Government. Archived from [the original](http://www.albertacentennial.ca/programs/medal_recip_a-g.html) on September 27, 2007. Retrieved July 17, 2007. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Climate skeptics gathering influence in Tory Senate seats"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141215012715/http://www2.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=f21023a0-de98-4d33-8563-73a37b049850&p=1). Archived from [the original](http://www2.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=f21023a0-de98-4d33-8563-73a37b049850&p=1) on December 15, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Former Alberta Senator Bert Brown dead at 79"](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/bert-brown-1.4536212). *[CBC News](/source/CBC_News)*. February 15, 2018. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20201109033753/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/bert-brown-1.4536212) from the original on November 9, 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Senator Bert (Retired) Brown Obituary](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/calgaryherald/obituary.aspx?n=senator-bert-brown-retired&pid=188268313&referrer=0&preview=false) ## External links - [Bert Brown – Parliament of Canada biography](https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=17131) - [Senators detailed information Parliament of Canada](https://web.archive.org/web/20071118101810/http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/senmemb/senate/isenator_det.asp?senator_id=2796&sortord=N&Language=E&M=M) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Bert Brown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Brown) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Brown?action=history)). 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