[3] Early in his first council term, he served on a committee to save the city's bookmobile service after it was threatened by funding cuts,[4] and spearheaded a motion to have city council members' job title formally changed from "alderman" to "councillor".
[7] During his second term, he successfully lobbied his fellow councillors to institute a ban on gun and weapon shows on city property.
[11] During this term he was chair of the regional environmental services committee,[11] and served as vice-chair of the housing task force for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.
After municipal politics, Brown joined the Ontario Green Party and ran in Ottawa South in the 1999 provincial election, winning two per cent of the vote.
In 2007, he ran for the Conservative Party of Canada nomination in Ottawa South, losing to Elie Salibi.