Roy Brown

Roy Brown (born February 16, 1951) is a former Montana state senator from Billings, Montana Senate District 25. He served four terms in the Montana House of Representatives and was elected to the state senate in 2007. He was the Republican nominee for the governor seat in Montana with Steve Daines in 2008. In 2010, Representative Kendall Van Dyk defeated Brown in the general election. Early life Brown was born in Casper, Wyoming, in 1951, but his family relocated to Montana in 1955. He attended grade school and high school in Billings. After working in the oil fields as a roughneck, he enrolled at Montana Tech University in Butte, Montana, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in petroleum engineering. From 1974 to 1982 Brown worked for Marathon Oil Company in energy development, a job that took him around the world. In 1983 he returned to Billings to start an oil and gas business. He sold it in 1994 and has been a landlord in the Billings area since that time. Political career Roy Brown sold his oil and gas company in Billings, and currently makes a living through rental property in the Billings area. Beginning in 1999, Brown was a member of the Montana House of Representatives. He held leadership positions as a representative as majority whip and house majority leader in the 2002, 2004, and 2006 sessions. Brown's views have traditionally been considered conservative.