Brian C. Downey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Castor, Alberta, Canada
About Brian C. Downey
- Brian Clifford Downey (November 5, 1950 – January 12, 2012) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. Born in Castor, Alberta to Clifford and Doreen Downey, Brian Downey was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the riding of Stettler as a Progressive Conservative member during the 1986 Alberta general election.
- He served his first term as a backbencher in the Don Getty government.
- He was re-elected for his second term in the 1989 Alberta general election. However, during that election, Premier Don Getty was defeated in his own riding of Edmonton-Whitemud.
- Downey resigned as the member for Stettler so that Getty could run in a by-election.
- Under long-standing practice in Westminster systems, if the party leader doesn't have a seat of his own the MLA for a safe seat resigns to give the leader a chance to get into the chamber via a by-election.
- After Downey retired from politics he was appointed as enhancement co-ordinator of Alberta Hail and Crop Insurance Corporation.
- He was later appointed Chairman of the Alberta Grain Commission.
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