The Hon. William Henry Brouse |
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Member of the Canadian Parliament for Grenville South |
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In office 1872–1878 |
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Preceded by | Walter Shanly |
Succeeded by | John Philip Wiser |
Senator for Prescott, Ontario | |
In office August 9, 1878 – August 23, 1881 |
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Appointed by | Alexander Mackenzie |
Personal details | |
Born |
Matilda Township, Dundas County, Upper Canada |
June 15, 1824
Died | August 23, 1881 Ottawa, Ontario |
(aged 57)
Political party | Liberal |
William Henry Brouse (June 15, 1824 – August 23, 1881) was a Canadian physician and politician.
Born in Matilda Township, Dundas County, Upper Canada of German ancestry, he attended Upper Canada Academy in Cobourg, Canada West in 1839, Victoria College until 1845, and received his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1847 from McGill College.
He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the Ontario riding of Grenville South in the 1872 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1874. He was summoned to the Canadian Senate in 1878 representing the senatorial division of Prescott, Ontario and sat as a Reformer until his death in 1881.
He was the nephew of George Brouse, an Upper Canada MP.