Albert Joseph Brown Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Hon.
Albert Joseph Brown
Office:Senator for Wellington, Quebec
Successor:Charles Benjamin Howard
Term Start:October 6, 1932
Term End:November 16, 1938
Appointed:R. B. Bennett
Birth Date:8 July 1861
Birth Place:Windsor, Canada East
Party:Conservative

Albert Joseph Brown (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.

Notes and References

  1. Book: A history of Quebec, its resources and people. 1908.