Edward Brown (May 23, 1865 – February 8, 1947)
Brown made his electoral debut in the provincial campaign of 1903, narrowly losing to Conservative Hugh Armstrong in Portage la Prairie. He subsequently became a leading organizer for the Liberals, and was acclaimed as party leader on March 28, 1906 (replacing Charles Mickle). He was again defeated by Armstrong in the election of 1907, however, and resigned as party leader shortly thereafter. Brown lost a third electoral contest in 1910, falling to Lendrum McMeans in Winnipeg South, 2545 votes to 2496.
Brown finally entered parliament in 1915, running in a deferred election in the northern riding of The Pas. The Liberal party led by Premier Tobias Norris had already won a landslide victory in the rest of the province, and Brown had joined the cabinet as Provincial Treasurer;