Allan Percy Brown, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian boxer and politician
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About Allan Percy Brown
- Allan Percy Brown (19 July 1912 – 2 March 1994) was a merchant, boxer and political figure in Saskatchewan.
- He represented Melville from 1952 to 1956 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member. He was born in Lebret, Saskatchewan, the son of George Brown, and grew up there, in Cana, and in Melville.
- Brown worked for the Canadian National Railway during his holidays while attending school.
- By the age of 16, he had become the welterweight boxing champion of Saskatchewan.
- Brown later became welterweight champion of Canada, losing only three out of 104 bouts.
- After retiring from the ring, he worked as a hotel manager and as a boxing coach.
- Brown opened a photography business with his brother in 1945.
- He married Ola Atkey during the late 1930s.
- Brown was defeated by James Wilfrid Gardiner when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1956.
- He then became secretary for the provincial CCF.
- Brown left this position in 1961 to operate a hardware store in Pullman, Washington.
- In 1974, he returned to Canada, settling in Victoria, British Columbia, where he later died at the age of 81.
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