Crooks Adam 1827-1885 Son Of James Crooks Born At West Flamboro
Ontario. Educated at Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto.
Called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1851. Contested West Toronto for the
Assembly, 1867, but defeated; elected, 1871; defeated in East Toronto,
1875, but shortly afterwards elected for South Oxford. Attorney-general,
1871-1872; provincial treasurer, 1872-1877, to which was added in 1876
the portfolio of education; minister of education, 1877-1883. Retired on
account of ill-health. Died in Hartford, Conn. =Bib.=: Dent, Can.
Por.; Rose, Cyc. Can. Biog.