Career
He was born in Tisdale, Saskatchewan, the son of John Hewgill Brockelbank and Ellen Buchanan Bell, and was educated in Steen, Regina and Westminster, England. He was Minister of Public Works in 1972 and Minister of Government Services and Minister of Telephones from 1972 to 1975. Brockelbank served as speaker for the Saskatchewan assembly from 1975 to 1982.