Alexander Brown was an Australia

Australia

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n politician.

Brown was born in Maitland, New South Wales

Maitland, New South Wales

Maitland is a city in the Lower Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia and the seat of Maitland City Council, situated on the Hunter River approximately by road north of Sydney and north-west of Newcastle...

 and educated at Fraser's private school, West Maitland. He married Mary Ellen Ribbands in August 1872 and they had three daughters and six sons. He was trained as a solicitor

Solicitor

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, but did not practice. He became a mine-owner pastoralist and businessman.

Brown was the member for Newcastle

Electoral district of Newcastle

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 in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...

 from February 1889 to June 1891, elected as a Protectionist

Protectionist Party

The Protectionist Party was an Australian political party, formally organised from 1889 until 1909, with policies centred on protectionism. It argued that Australia needed protective tariffs to allow Australian industry to grow and provide employment. It had its greatest strength in Victoria and in...

. In August 1892 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council

New South Wales Legislative Council

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, where he remained until his death in East Maitland

East Maitland, New South Wales

East Maitland is a suburb in the City of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. It is on the New England Highway and it has two stations, Victoria Street station and East Maitland station , on CityRail's Hunter line.It is also home to a major commercial district called Greenhills, which includes...

. He was survived by his second wife, Edith Mary Adams, who he married in March 1920, and five sons and three daughters from his first marriage.