William Joseph Browne

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William Joseph Browne PC QC (born May 3, 1897 in St. John's , Newfoundland , † January 10, 1991 ) was a Canadian politician of the Progressive Conservative Party (PC) who was a member of the House of Commons for nine years . He also served as Minister without Portfolio between 1957 and 1960 and then from 1960 to 1962 as Solcitor General of Canada in the 18th Canadian Cabinet of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker .

Life

Degree, lawyer and politician in Dominion Newfoundland

After attending school, Browne first completed an undergraduate degree , which he completed with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). Upon further study of the law , he took a job as a barrister and was for his lawyer's services to the Attorney-General (Queen's Counsel) appointed. Later he also worked as a judge.

Browne began his political career in Dominion Newfoundland when he was elected as a candidate for the Liberal Conservative in 1924 as a member of the assembly house and represented the constituency of St. John's West in this until 1928 . In 1932 he was re-elected to the Assembly House for the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland , in which he represented the constituency of Harbor Main-Bell Island until 1934 .

In 1931 he was appointed by the Prime Minister of Dominion Newfoundland Richard Squires as a member of the Executive Council, of which he was a member until the establishment of the Government Commission in 1934. Under Squires' successor, Frederick Alderdice , he was also minister without portfolio between 1932 and 1934 and temporarily acting finance minister in 1932 and briefly acting minister of justice in 1933.

Member of the House of Commons and Federal Minister

In the election of June 27, 1949 , Browne was elected for the first time as a member of the House of Commons as a candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party in the constituency of St. John's West , but lost this constituency in the subsequent general election on August 10, 1953 .

He was then elected to the House of Representatives of Newfoundland and Labrador in a by-election on March 9, 1954 , where he initially represented the constituency of St. John's West and then from October 2, 1956 until he resigned on June 10, 1957 the constituency of St. John's South .

In the election of June 10, 1957 , Browne was again elected as a member of the Canadian House of Commons and represented in this again the constituency of St. John's West until his defeat in the general election on June 18, 1962 .

On June 21, 1957 he was appointed by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker to the 18th Canadian Cabinet and was there until October 10, 1960 initially Minister without portfolio. After a cabinet reshuffle, he was then from October 11, 1960 to August 9, 1962 Solicitor General of Canada and thus chief legal advisor to the government.

After losing his lower house mandate, he was re-elected to the House of Representatives of Newfoundland and Labrador on November 19, 1962, in which he represented the constituency of St. John's East Extern until 1965 .

In the election of November 8, 1965 , Browne ran for the PC in the constituency of St. John's East again for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons, but suffered an electoral defeat and withdrew from political life.

Publications

  • Finance and politics 1900-1934: lecture delivered to the Newfoundland Historical Society , St. John's, Newfoundland Historical Society, 1979
  • Eighty-four years a Newfoundlander: Memoirs of William J. Browne PC, QC, LL. D. , St. John's, 1981
  • And now… Eighty-seven years a Newfoundlander: Memoirs of William J. Browne, PC, QC, LL.D. , St. John's, 1984

Web links and sources

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Canadian Ministries at rulers.org
personal data
SURNAME Browne, William Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH St. John's , Newfoundland
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1991