Background
Claxton, Brooke was born on August 23, 1898 in Montreal, Province Quebec, Canada. Son of Albert George Brooke and Helen Blanche (Simpson) Claxton.
Claxton, Brooke was born on August 23, 1898 in Montreal, Province Quebec, Canada. Son of Albert George Brooke and Helen Blanche (Simpson) Claxton.
Student Lower Canada College. B. Commander of Order of Leopold cum laude, McGill University, 1921, honorary Doctor of Laws, 1951. Doctor of Laws, Queen's University, 1958, University of North Carolina, 1958.
Called to bar, 1921; partner Dixon, Claxton, Senecal, Turnbull & Mitchell, Montreal, Quebec, 1931-1944. Associate professor Faculty of Law, McGill University, 1930-1944. Appointed a King’s Counsel, 1939.
Represented Saint Lawrence-Saint George Division in Parliament of Canada, 1940, 45, 49, 53.
Parliamentary assistant to president of Privy Council (Canada), 1943-1944. Minister of National Health and Welfare, 1944-1946.
Minister of National Defense, 1946-1954. Vice president, general manager for Canada of Metropolitan Life Company.
Director Montreal Trust Company.
Member Canadian advising committee Employer’s Liability Assurance Corporation Original president Canadian Highway Safety Conference. Chairman Canada Council. Canadian representative at United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, 1943, 44, International Labor Conference, 1944.
Economic and Social Council of United Nations, 1946, International Health Conference, 1946.
Canada representative Paris Peace Conference, 1946. Head Canadian delegate to Conference Nations of British Commonwealth.
Canberra, Australia, 1947, vice-chairman, Cabinet Committee on Newfoundland, 1947-1948. Canadian representative meetings Defense committee or council North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1949-1954.
Delegate to the British Commonwealth Relations Conference, 1933-1935, Canada-American Relations Conference, 1939-1941, Institute Pacific Relations, 1942, 30th National Foreign Trade Council (speaker at opening session), 1943.
Member Canadian advising committee Employer’s Liability Assurance Corporation Original president Canadian Highway Safety Conference. Served as battery sergeant major C.E.F., World War I. Member Canadian Bar Association, Kappa Alpha.
Member Liberal Party of Canada Anglican. Freemason.; Clubs: University, Münste.A.A.A., Toronto Rideau Country (Ottawa).
Married Helen Galt Savage, June 19, 1925. Children: John Brooke, Helen Jane.