About Donald Browning
Lived 1860 – 1914 (aged 53–54). Donald Browning was a Canadian politician.
Donald MacRae Browning KC (1860 – April 24, 1914) was a lawyer and politician in Newfoundland Colony. He represented Twillingate in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1897 to 1899 as a Liberal.
The son of Gilbert Browning, he was born in St. John's. He attended classes at Upper Canada College and at the University of Glasgow. Browning was called to the Newfoundland bar in 1888. He ran unsuccessfully for the Harbour Grace seat in the Newfoundland assembly in 1893. From 1894 to 1897, Browning served as solicitor for the assembly. He resigned his seat in the assembly in 1899 to become registrar for the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Registrar of Deeds. He was also named King's Counsel in 1899.
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