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Canadian lawyer and politician
The Hon.Albert Joseph Brown
Senator for Wellington, Quebec
In office
October 6, 1932 – November 16, 1938
Appointed byR. B. Bennett
Preceded byWilfrid Laurier McDougald
Succeeded byCharles Benjamin Howard
Personal details
Born(1861-07-08)July 8, 1861
Windsor, Canada East
DiedNovember 16, 1938(1938-11-16) (aged 77)
Political partyConservative

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. 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.

References

  1. A history of Quebec, its resources and people. 1908.
  2. Albert Joseph Brown – Parliament of Canada biography


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