No. 11. This large district covered the province of British Columbia, including the Pacific coastal defense system, and the Yukon Territory. Brown's talents in logistics were applied again in the early 1930s during the Depression, when he was active in setting up and expanding an army-sponsored work camp system for unemployed men in British Columbia. He became increasingly critical of the federal government's response to the plight of the large numbers of unemployed men in British Columbia, whose resource-based economy was especially badly affected by the economic bad times. While Brown was very critical of socialism and organized labor movements, he strongly felt that the authorities in charge had an obligation to provide basic services, including modest cash wages, to the unemployed in a way that matched the seriousness of the situation in the short term while avoiding dependence in the longer term. Retirement and service as aide-de-camp Brown retired in Victoria in June 1936 following years of escalating tensions with the national military command in Ottawa, most notably with McNaughton, his First World War colleague and former friend. A formal written offer to serve his country after the outbreak of the Second World War was declined. In his retirement, Sutherland Brown enjoyed warm relations with the local military establishment and with other veterans of the CEF and, especially, veterans of the RCR. In 1937, he was appointed senior aide-de-camp to the lieutenant governor of British Columbia, and served in that position for three successive representatives of King George VI in British Columbia. An outspoken Conservative, Sutherland Brown secured the nomination of the National Government (Conservative Party) ticket for the riding of Victoria in the federal general election of 1940, but he failed to unseat the popular Liberal Party incumbent Robert Wellington Mayhew. Brig. Sutherland Brown died peacefully in Victoria on April 14, 1951, and was buried there with full military honours. References External links Peter Carlson. "Raiding the Icebox." The Washington Post, Dec. 30, 2005, C01. Canadian generals Canadian Expeditionary Force officers People from Norfolk County, Ontario 1881 births 1951 deaths Canadian Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Canadian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Royal Military College of Canada alumni Canadian military personnel of World War I Canadian Militia officers The Royal Canadian Regiment officers Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley