Career
He was born in King"s Cove, Bonavista Bay, the son of James Brown and Caroline Gill, and was educated there. Brown worked as a seaman on the British Columbia coast, returning to Newfoundland around 1909. He was employed by the Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company at its mill in Grand Falls.
Brown became president of the Fisherman"s Protective Union in 1936.
From 1944 to 1947, he was president of the Newfoundland Seamen"s Association. Brown was elected to represented Bonavista South in the Newfoundland National Convention.
He opposed union with Canada. Brown collapsed due to a cerebral hemorrhage while speaking at the convention on October 30, 1946.
He later died at the age of 67 in Saint John"son
