Brian C. Downey
Brian Clifford Downey (November 5, 1950 – January 12, 2012) was a politician from Alberta, Canada.
Brian C. Downey | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Stettler | |
| In office 1986–1989 | |
| Preceded by | Graham Harle |
| Succeeded by | Don Getty |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 5, 1950 Castor, Alberta |
| Died | January 12, 2012 (aged 61) Red Deer, Alberta |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta |
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.