Thomas Allan "Allie" Brick (January 2, 1867 – April 25, 1938) was a Canadian politician and farmer from
Alberta
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Early life
Thomas Allen Brick was born on January 2, 1867, in
Compton, Quebec
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Demographics
Population
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to
Anglican
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missionary
John Gough Brick
John Gough Brick (28 March 1836 – 13 December 1897) –
and his wife Emma Marie Brick. Brick was educated in
Toronto
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and married Nancy Jane Gray on May 18, 1895, and together had three children. Brick was a pioneer farmer who is largely credited with bringing grain farming to the northern Alberta.
His brother Fred Brick was an important pioneer and trader at Fort Vermilion in the 1890s.https://www.prrecordgazette.com/news/local-news/shaftesbury-trail-early-inhabitants-legacy-part-1
Political career
Brick ran for a seat to the
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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in a by-election held to dispense with the vacancy in the
Peace River
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electoral district caused by the
Executive Council of Alberta
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refusing to recognize the results from the
1905 Alberta general election
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The by-election was held on February 15, 1906. Brick ran as an Independent Liberal candidate defeating the
Liberal
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candidate
James Cornwall
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in a straight fight with a landslide majority. Brick was nominated by a large group of residents in the town of Peace River who chose him to be their representative in
Edmonton
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.
Brick only served a single term in the Legislature, he was originally going to run for a second term in office but dropped out of the race before the nomination deadline.