Background
He was born in Woodstock, Ontario and was educated at the Ontario College of Pharmacy.
He was born in Woodstock, Ontario and was educated at the Ontario College of Pharmacy.
He served as mayor of Portuguese Arthur from 1924 to 1925. He lived for a short time in West Duluth, Minnesota before moving to Portuguese Arthur in 1886. By 1909, he was sole owner of several drug stores in Portuguese Arthur and Fort William.
Crooks retired from business in 1935.
The pharmacy remained in the family until 1986, when it was purchased by Shoppers Drug Mart. An earlier attempt by Shoppers to purchase the company in 1979 had been turned down by the Canadian Foreign Investment Review Agency.
He served on Portuguese Arthur city council from 1920 to 1923. Crooks died in Saint St. Petersburg, Florida at the age of 78.