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Jim Brownell

Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Tourism

Jim Brownell was elected to the Ontario legislature in 2003.

Mr. Brownell was a teacher with the Upper Canada District School Board for 32 years. Among his many roles in the community, he served for 14 years as councillor, deputy reeve and reeve in the Township of Cornwall and Township of South Stormont. In December 2000, he was appointed to a three-year term as commissioner with the St. Lawrence Parks Commission.

Mr. Brownell is a past director with Cornwall and Seaway Valley Tourism and the Raisin Region Conservation Authority. He serves on the Library Board for the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. He was appointed to the Township of South Stormont's Planning Advisory and Waterfront Development Committee in 2000.

He has served as president of the Lost Villages Historical Society and museum since 1992 and has been actively involved with many church committees and with the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

In 2001, Mr. Brownell was awarded the Ontario Heritage Foundation's Heritage Community Recognition Award. In 2002, his community honoured him with the Queen Elizabeth Golden Jubilee Medal.

A graduate of the University of Ottawa, Mr. Brownell holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, a Bachelor of Education degree and a Master in Education degree. In 1992, he completed the Principals' Qualification Program at Queen's University. Since 2000, he has been an instructor in the Encore Seniors' Programs at St. Lawrence College, Cornwall.

Mr. Brownell is married to Paulette Charlebois. They have two daughters, Jennifer and Alison.

(from McGuinty Team website March 2006)