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Leonard Walter Brockington fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1950.

Reference:

R2051-0-9-E, MG30-E152

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102060

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Leonard Walter Brockington fonds
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Date(s):

1950.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.4 cm of textual records (15 p.).

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of notes for Brockington's radio broadcast, 8 August 1950, entitled "Mr. Mackenzie King's Public Bequests".

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Brockington, Leonard W. (Leonard Walter), 1888-1966

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Brockington, Leonard W. (Leonard Walter), 1888-1966 : Born in Cardiff, Wales, and educated at the University of Wales and the University of Alberta, L.W. Brockington, government advisor, practiced law for some time in Prime Minister R.B. Bennett's law firm in Calgary, and was Calgary city solicitor, 1922-1935. In 1936, he became first chairman of the CBC and in 1940, and 1941, he was a special wartime assistant to Prime Minister Mackenzie King. He served as advisor on Commonwealth affairs to the British Ministry of Information, 1942-1943. He was later, president of Odeon Theatres, and rector of Queen's University.

See: Canadian Encyclopedia, 1985, p. 229; Encyclopedia Canadiana, Vol. 2, p.120.

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General note:

Transferred in 1970 from the National Library.
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Radio broadcasting - Canada, 1950 "Mr. Mackenzie King's Public Bequests", 1950

Speeches, addresses, etc., Canadian
Source:

Private

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MG30-E152
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Volume [MG30 E 152] 1

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