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GenealogyBuff.com - John Edward Brownlee, Politician
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Date: Sunday, 4 September 2016, at 8:03 p.m.
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John Edward Brownlee was born in 1884 in Port Ryerse, Ontario. The son of a small town merchant, Brownlee moved to Calgary in 1909, got his law degree and became solicitor for the United Farmers of Alberta. He was involved in the creation of United Grain Growers in 1917, and in 1921 became Attorney General in the first UFA Cabinet, where he helped in the establishment of the Alberta Wheat Pool.
After he became Premier in 1925, he and the Premier of Saskatchewan negotiated the Natural Resources Transfer Agreement with Ottawa, signed Dec 14 1929. He resigned in 1934, before the Social Credit sweep of 1935, and in 1948, joined UGG as President. Brownlee died in Calgary on July 15, 1961.
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