Alfred Johnson Brooks
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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 first won a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1935 general election as the Conservative Member 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, allowing Hugh John Flemming to succeed Brooks in his New Brunswick riding through a by-election. Brooks served as Leader of the Government in the Canadian Senate from 1962 to 1963. Following the defeat of the Diefenbaker government, he became Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Senate until his retirement from the Senate in October 1967, shortly before his death.
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| Preceded by William Ross Macdonald |
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate of Canada 1963–1967 |
Succeeded by Jacques Flynn |
Categories: 1890 births | 1967 deaths | Canadian lawyers | Canadian senators from New Brunswick | Members of the 18th Ministry in Canada | Members of the Canadian House of Commons from New Brunswick | Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada | Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs | Progressive Conservative Party of Canada senators
