- Alfred Johnson Brooks
Alfred Johnson Brooks, PC , QC , BA , BCL , LL.D (
November 14 1890 -December 7 1967 ) was a Canadian parliamentarian.A teacher and barrister by training, Brooks represented King's County in the
Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1925 to 1935. He first won a seat in theCanadian House of Commons in the 1935 general election as the ConservativeMember of Parliament for Royal,New Brunswick . He was re-elected on six successive occasions.Following the election of the Progressive Conservative government of
John Diefenbaker in the 1957 election, Brooks joined the Cabinet as Minister of Veterans Affairs and Acting Minister of National Health and Welfare.In 1960, Diefenbaker appointed Brooks to the
Canadian Senate , allowingHugh John Flemming to succeed Brooks in his New Brunswick riding through aby-election . Brooks served asLeader of the Government in the Canadian Senate from 1962 to 1963. Following the defeat of the Diefenbaker government, he becameLeader of the Opposition in the Canadian Senate until his retirement from the Senate in October 1967, shortly before his death.External links
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?Language=E&query=652&s=M Political biography from the Library of Parliament]
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