14 Facts About Bert Brown

Bert Brown was a Canadian senator, farmer, and development consultant.

Bert Brown attended Mount Royal College and graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in Civil Engineering.

Bert Brown was married to Alice Taylor and has one child.

Bert Brown was elected as a senator-in-waiting in 1998 and re-elected in 2004.

Bert Brown was the only person ever to be elected to a second term as senator-in-waiting.

Bert Brown had been campaigning for an elected Senate of Canada for over 23 years.

Bert Brown was the founder and chair of the Canadian Committee for a Triple-E Senate.

Bert Brown first gained fame for his cause when he used his tractor to plow "Triple E Senate or Else" into his neighbour's two-mile long field.

Bert Brown was appointed to the Canadian Senate on July 10,2007.

Bert Brown served five and a half years until mandatory retirement.

Bert Brown became the second person in Canadian history, after Stan Waters, to be appointed to his Senate seat following a provincial senator-in-waiting election.

On his 75th birthday, March 22,2013, Bert Brown retired from the Senate as per Senate rules.

In 2005, Brown was a recipient of the Alberta Centennial Medal.

Bert Brown did not acknowledge the scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change he identified as a denier.