Robert Brett

Robert George Brett (* November 15, 1851 in Strathroy, † September 6, 1929 in Calgary ) was a Canadian politician. From 1915 to 1925 he was vice- governor of the province of Alberta.

Biography

Brett went during his childhood on the Strathroy Grammar School and later studied medicine at the University of Toronto, where he eventually received his doctorate. After his graduation he worked for a time at the universities in New York, Philadelphia and Vienna. He then embarked on a military career, which enabled him in 1869 to command a regiment in Toronto and move up to lieutenant in Ontario. During the First World War he was a colonel of the 82nd Canadian Battalion.

1883 Brett moved to Banff, which was still in the Northwest Territories at the time. Three years later he opened there own sanatorium, where he worked as a doctor, after he had worked in the 1870s already in Arkona as a doctor.

1888 began his political career after he was able to move in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories for the constituency of Red Deer. Three years later he was confirmed in his office, but now represented the constituency of Banff. The elections of 1894 and 1898 won board.

As the 1905 Alberta provincial status was awarded, a candidate board on sides of the Alberta Conservative party in the first elections to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, but could not prevail against his liberal rival candidates. In 1909 he was elected president of the Alberta Conservative Party, but was not the political leader of the party. In the provincial elections in the same year he failed again.

On October 20, 1915 board was appointed Vice Governor of the Province of Alberta; In the same year he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Alberta. In 1914 he was president of the Section Alberta became the Canadian Red Cross. He used his new position as deputy governor to collect the benefit of standing during the First World War in task forces money to buy medicine and equipment. He remained until 29 October 1925 at the office. Just four years later died Board and was buried in Banff.