Wilfred George Brown

Wilfred George Brown
Commissioner of Yukon
In office
November 5, 1952 – June 8, 1955
Prime MinisterLouis St. Laurent
Preceded byFrederick Fraser
Succeeded byFrederick Howard Collins
Personal details
BornMarch 1906
Moosomin, Saskatchewan
DiedAugust 23, 1970(1970-08-23) (aged 64)
Toronto, Ontario
Resting placeMount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto
CitizenshipCanadian
OccupationLawyer[1]

Wilfred George Brown (March 1906 – August 23, 1970) was the commissioner of Yukon from 1952 to 1955.

Brown was born in Moosomin, Saskatchewan, in 1906. His father was James Thomas Brown,[2] Chief Justice of the Saskatchewan supreme court for thirty-nine years.[3][4] Brown attended the University of Saskatchewan, studying law. He later practised law in Regina and served in World War II.[1] W.G. Brown was a district administrator in the Northwest Territory before being appointed Yukon Commissioner.[5] Brown succeeded Frederick Fraser as Yukon Commissioner in November 1952.[6] In 1953 he agreed to a motion passed by the territorial council that reinstated the position of territorial secretary, with W.D. Robertson being given the post.[7] In 1953 Brown legally designated McLean Lake and all land within .5 miles (0.80 km) from its shore as a game sanctuary, the only game sanctuary that the Yukon government created without prompting.[8] In 1955 Brown was replaced by Frederick Howard Collins.[9]

On 13 June 1957 Brown, then chief of the territorial division of the Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources, was made deputy commissioner of the Northwest Territories council.[10]

The W.G. Brown Building/Astro Hill Complex is a two-building structure in Iqaluit, Nunavut, and at eight floors is the largest and among the tallest buildings in the city.[11]

Brown died August 23, 1970, in Toronto after a series of strokes.[12] He was buried August 26 in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto.[12][2]

  1. ^ a b "Precambrian". 1954.
  2. ^ a b "Wilfrid Brown Dies at 64". Regina Leader-Post. August 25, 1970. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  3. ^ "Canada 1906 Census". July 1906. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  4. ^ "The Honourable James T. Brown". Courts of Saskatchewan. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  5. ^ Michael 1987, p. 25.
  6. ^ Michael 1987, p. 130.
  7. ^ Michael 1987, p. 17.
  8. ^ Moodie 2006.
  9. ^ Yukon History 1950s.
  10. ^ New Post 1957.
  11. ^ Astro Hill Complex.
  12. ^ a b "Ottawa Citizen". August 24, 1970.