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PROMINENT MEN OF WELLAND COUNTY – E.W. BROOKFIELD
[Welland Telegraph 1904/05]
Was born in Crowland Township on October 3rd, 1827. His main business has been farming, but other matters have engaged his attention. In early life he underwent Normal School Training and for a time was engaged in teaching. Later on he was Township Clerk for a number of years. He was mainly instrumental in establishing a Post Office at Brookfield Station, of which he was Postmaster for a time. He has acted as executor and trustee for some important estates, and was collector of customs at Fort Erie for about seven years. He is a Conservative in politics and was the standard bearer for his party in the Dominion elections of 1874, his opponent being the late Wm. A. Thomson, by whom he was defeated. He was subsequently offered the nomination for the Ontario Legislature which he declined.
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