Brian Clifford Downey (November 5, 1950 – January 12, 2012) was a politician from Alberta, Canada.Born in Castor, Alberta to Clifford and Doreen Downey, Brian Downey was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the riding of Stettler as a Progressive Conservative member during the 1986 Alberta general election. He served his first term as a backbencher in the Don Getty government.