Albert Joseph Brown
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The Hon. Albert Joseph Brown | |
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Senator for Wellington, Quebec | |
In office October 6, 1932 – November 16, 1938 | |
Appointed by | R. B. Bennett |
Preceded by | Wilfrid Laurier McDougald |
Succeeded by | Charles Benjamin Howard |
Personal details | |
Born | Windsor, Canada East | July 8, 1861
Died | November 16, 1938 | (aged 77)
Political party | Conservative |
Albert Joseph Brown KC (July 8, 1861 – November 16, 1938) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.
Born in Windsor, Canada East, the son of Shepard Joseph Brown, a farmer, and Jennet Shanks, Brown was educated at St. Francis College and Morin College before receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1883 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1886 from McGill University. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1886 and was created a Queen's Counsel in 1899.[1] He was a practising lawyer before being appointed to the Senate of Canada by R. B. Bennett in 1932. He sat as a Conservative until his death in 1938.[2]