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.