Edward Towle Brooks
Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Edward Towle Brooks, Template:Post-nominals (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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- Edward Towle Brooks – Parliament of Canada biography
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- 1830 births
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- Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
- Judges in Quebec
- Politicians from Sherbrooke
- Dartmouth College alumni
- Bishop's College School faculty
- Canadian King's Counsel
- Anglophone Quebec people
- Canadian people of American descent
- 19th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada