Patrick Brown (Canadian politician)

His Worship Patrick Brown
Brown in 2017
51st Mayor of Brampton
Incumbent
Assumed office December 1, 2018
Deputy	Harkirat Singh
Preceded by	Linda Jeffrey
Leader of the Official Opposition in Ontario
In office September 14, 2015 – January 25, 2018
Premier	Kathleen Wynne
Preceded by	Jim Wilson
Succeeded by	Vic Fedeli
Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
In office May 9, 2015 – January 25, 2018
Preceded by	Jim Wilson (interim)
Succeeded by	Vic Fedeli (interim)
Parliamentary constituencies Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Simcoe North In office September 3, 2015 – June 7, 2018 Preceded by Garfield Dunlop Succeeded by Jill Dunlop Member of Parliament for Barrie In office January 23, 2006 – May 13, 2015 Preceded by Aileen Carroll Succeeded by Riding dissolved
Personal details
Born	Patrick Walter Brown (1978-05-26) May 26, 1978 (age 46) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Independent[1]
Other political affiliations	Conservative Progressive Conservative (until 2018)
Spouse	Genevieve Gualtieri ​ (m. 2018)​ [2]
Children	2
Relatives	Joe Tascona (uncle)
Residence(s)	Brampton, Ontario[3][4]
Education	St. Michael's College School
Alma mater	University of Toronto (B.A.) University of Windsor (LL.B.)
Profession	Politician lawyer

Patrick Walter Brown (born May 26, 1978) is a Canadian politician who has served as the 51st and current mayor of Brampton since 2018. He served as leader of the Official Opposition in Ontario and leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative (PC) Party from 2015 to 2018. Brown also represented the riding Barrie in the House of Commons as a Conservative from 2006 to 2015.

Brown entered politics when he won a seat on the Barrie City Council in 2000. He later joined the Conservative Party and became a member of Parliament (MP) in 2006. He represented Barrie in the House of Commons until 2015, when he was elected as leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative (PC) Party and resigned his seat in Parliament. Brown was subsequently elected to represent Simcoe North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and became the leader of the Opposition. He served as leader until 2018, when he was expelled from the caucus. He later returned to municipal politics and was elected mayor of Brampton.

In 2022, Brown contested for the federal Conservative leadership election, but was disqualified following claims his campaign violated the Canada Elections Act. He was subsequently re-elected as mayor of Brampton.^[5]