36 Facts About Peter Brownell

Peter C Brownell was born on 1948 and is an American politician who served as the 39th Mayor of Burlington, Vermont.

Peter Brownell was elected to the city's school board in 1983, and again in 1986.

Peter Brownell was elected to the city council in a 1989 special election and reelected in the 1990 and 1992 elections.

Peter Brownell's victory was the first time a Republican held the mayoralty since Edward A Keenan in 1965.

Peter Brownell was elected to the state senate in the 1996 election and reelected in 1998, but lost renomination in 2000 due to his support for same-sex civil unions.

Peter Brownell married Christina Bratton, who he had met while at the University of Pennsylvania, in Maryland in 1969.

Peter Brownell served in the United States Air Force for six years.

Peter Brownell moved his family to Burlington, Vermont, in 1978.

Peter Brownell worked as a financial analyst for General Electric for fifteen years.

Peter Brownell attempted to gain a job on the Burlington police or airport commissions, but he was rejected every time.

Peter Brownell did not seek reelection as he wanted to spend more time with his family in 1985, and Elizabeth Van Buren, a member of the Democratic Party, was unopposed to succeed him.

Peter Brownell won the Republican nomination to run for the school board from the 6th district in 1986, and won in the general election without opposition.

Peter Brownell did not run for reelection in the 1988 election.

Peter Brownell received the Republican nomination and defeated Democratic and Progressive Coalition nominee Greg Guma in the special election.

Peter Brownell defeated Green Party nominee Bea Bookchin in the 1990 election.

Peter Brownell announced on January 14,1993, that he would run for the Republican nomination and won the nomination on January 20.

Peter Brownell defeated Clavelle in the election while only winning two of the city council wards despite Clavelle having outraised Peter Brownell and Clavelle having 220 volunteers compared to Brownll's 20.

Peter Brownell announced on January 9,1995, that he would seek reelection to another term.

In 1993, Peter Brownell made multiple appointments which was illegal under a rarely enforced section of Burlington's city charter which required all officials appointed by the mayor to be voters in Burlington.

Peter Brownell proposed leasing three to five acres of the waterfront to pay back the debt.

Peter Brownell proposed merging the police and fire departments in 1994, but the city council voted twelve to two against the measure.

All three Republican members of the city council voted against the tax and Peter Brownell conducted his first veto in office against the legislation.

In 1991, Peter Brownell had considered running for a seat in the Vermont House of Representatives to succeed Helen Riehle.

Peter Brownell placed second out of eight candidates in the Republican primary and fourth out of twelve candidates in the general election.

Peter Brownell ran for reelection in the 1998 election, placed first out of six candidates in the Republican primary, and placed fourth out of fourteen candidates in the general election.

Peter Brownell lost renomination in the Republican primary after placing eighth out of eight candidates and it was stated that his defeat was caused by Stertzbach.

Peter Brownell chose to not run in the general election as an independent candidate.

Peter Brownell endorsed John Carroll for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor during the 1996 election.

Peter Brownell considered running for a seat in the United States House of Representatives from Vermont's at-large congressional district in the 2000 election.

Peter Brownell's wife served as chair of the Voter Registration Board for three months in 1996, until she was replaced by Kathleen Butler, a member of the Progressive Coalition.

Peter Brownell's wife stated that she was removed as chair for political reason while Butler stated that Brownell's election as chair was only due to several members being absent.

Peter Brownell's wife served as treasurer of the Burlington Republican Party.

Peter Brownell was selected to serve as director of administration for the Vermont State Board of Education in 2001.

Peter Brownell declined to run for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor in the 2002 election.

Peter Brownell voted against ending advertisement in the newspapers stating that it was government intrusion into a private business.

In 1992, Peter Brownell voted against making Arad, Israel, and Bethlehem sister cities of Burlington stating that he believes that it was "beyond the scope of what a small city should do".