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Place of Birth: Strathroy-Caradoc, Ontario, Canada
About Robert Brett
- Robert George Brett (November 16, 1851 – September 16, 1929) was a politician and physician in the North-West Territories and Alberta, Canada. Brett was well educated, attending the University of Toronto and attaining his medical degree.
- He attended various schools in the United States for his post graduate work.
- In 1874 he located in the small village of Arkona, Ontario, where he even served a term as village Reeve. He was married in 1873 to Louise T.
- Hungerford and had four children, all four of whom predeceased their parents (their eldest daughter, Genevieve, died as a four-month-old infant in October 1881 and is buried at Arkona).
- Although it has been stated that Brett moved to Manitoba in 1880 he and his family were listed in the 1881 census in Arkona.
- In any case in the early 1880s he helped found the Manitoba Medical College and sat as a board member on the University of Manitoba. In 1883 he moved to Banff, District of Alberta.
- He worked as a physician at the Banff Sanitarium, which he founded. In 1888 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the North-West Territories.
- He became a de facto leader of the government as chairman of the Lieutenant-Governor's Advisory Council.
- Robert Brett had a rivalry with longtime member Frederick Haultain. In 1898 Robert Brett became the first Leader of the Official Opposition during a time in which the territorial legislature made a transition to party politics.
- He was elected in 1898 territorial election but his lead over opponent was so narrow that a by-election was held, which Arthur Sifton won.
- In the 1902 election he unexpectedly dropped out of the race, a move that hurt the North-West Territories Liberal Party. When Alberta became a province in 1905 he ran in Banff for the Conservative Party but was defeated. He served as a senior surgeon in Banff at Brett Hospital.
- In 1909 he became president of the Alberta Conservative Party.
- During his time in the early 20th century he served on a number of boards in Alberta.
- He was appointed the second Lieutenant Governor of Alberta in 1915 and served in the post for one decade. He died in Calgary, Alberta; he was buried in Banff.
- Mount Brett, west of Banff, was named in his honour.
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