Edward Towle Brooks Explained

Edward Towle Brooks
Constituency Mp:Town of Sherbrooke
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:Alexander Tilloch Galt
Successor:Robert Newton Hall
Term Start:1872
Term End:1882
Birth Date:6 July 1830
Birth Place:Lennoxville, Lower Canada
Death Place:Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Party:Conservative
Honorific Prefix:The Honourable

Edward Towle Brooks, (July 6, 1830  - August 5, 1897) was a Canadian lawyer, judge, and political figure. He represented Town of Sherbrooke in the House of Commons of Canada from 1872 to 1882 as a Conservative member.

He was born in Lennoxville, Lower Canada, the son of Samuel Brooks and Elizabeth Towle. Brooks was educated at Dartmouth College, studied law with John Sewell Sanborn and was called to the bar in 1854. In 1856, he married Sarah Louise Clarke. Brooks was named Crown Prosecutor for St. Francis district in 1862. He was named Queen's Counsel in 1875. He was elected battonier for the St. Francis bar. Brooks was a trustee for Bishop's College School in Lennoxville. In 1882, he was named puisne judge in the Quebec Superior Court. Brooks retired from the bench in 1895 due to poor health. He died in Sherbrooke two years later.

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