John Wesley Westbrook (January 28, 1880 – October 25, 1934) was an Ontario official and political figure. He represented

Brant North Brant North was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1893. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the county of Brant into two ridings: ...

in the

Legislative Assembly of Ontario The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (OLA, french: Assemblée législative de l'Ontario) is the legislative chamber of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its elected members are known as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs). Bills passed by ...

as a Conservative member from 1911 to 1914. He was born on the family farm near

Cainsville, Ontario Cainsville is a community straddling the boundary of Brantford and Brant County in Ontario, Canada. Cainsville started off as a rural Black Canadian settlement called Bunnell's Landing. Joseph Brant had given an initial land grant to a handful ...

, the son of W. D. Westbrook. Westbrook served on the council for Brantford Township and was reeve. He was unsuccessful in his bid for reelection in 1914 and, later that year, was named sheriff for

Brant County The County of Brant (Canada 2021 Census, 2021 population 39,474) is a Census divisions of Ontario#Single-tier municipalities, single-tier municipality in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. Although it retains t ...

, serving in that post until his death in Brantford in 1934. Westbrook also served as president of the local Children's Aid Society.

External links

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''History of the county of Brant. Volume 1'', JD Reville (1920)Members of Provincial Parliament - Brantford Public Library
1880 births 1934 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MPP-stub