John Edward Brockelbank

{{Short description|Canadian politician (1931–2020)}}

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| office1 = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

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| term_end4 = 1975

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John Edward Brockelbank (February 23, 1931 – February 3, 2020) was an instrument technician{{cite web |url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/Infoparl/english/issue.asp?param=88&art=331 |title=Canadian Parliamentary Review |year=1979 |publisher=Parliament of Canada |accessdate=2009-11-27}} and former political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Saskatoon City from 1964 to 1967, Saskatoon Mayfair from 1967 to 1975 and Saskatoon Westmount from 1975 to 1982 and 1986 to 1991 as a member of the NDP.{{cite web|url=http://www.saskarchives.com/web/seld/Members-of-Legislative-Assembly.pdf |title=Saskatchewan Members of the Legislative Assembly |publisher=Saskatchewan Archive Board |accessdate=2009-11-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725182436/http://www.saskarchives.com/web/seld/Members-of-Legislative-Assembly.pdf |archivedate=2011-07-25 }}

He was born in Tisdale, Saskatchewan, in 1931,{{cite web |url=http://images.uwinnipeg.ca/action.cfm?mode=advanced&search=&fk_collection=&txtCreator=&imageNumber=40470&dateStart=&dateEnd=&maxRows=50 |title=WCPI search results |work=Western Canada Pictorial Index |publisher=University of Winnipeg Library |accessdate=2009-11-27}} the son of John Hewgill Brockelbank and Ellen Buchanan Bell,{{cite web |url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/Infoparl/2/1/02n1_79e.pdf |title=Canadian Regional Review |date=March 1979 |page=61 |publisher=Commonwealth Parliamentary Association |accessdate=2009-11-27}} and was educated in Steen, Regina and Westminster, England. In 1954, he married Ina Marie Boyle. He was Minister of Public Works in 1972 and Minister of Government Services and Minister of Telephones from 1972 to 1975.{{cite web |url=http://www.saskarchives.com/web/seld/Ministers.pdf |title=Saskatchewan Ministers |publisher=Saskatchewan Archive Board |accessdate=2009-11-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725182635/http://www.saskarchives.com/web/seld/Ministers.pdf |archivedate=2011-07-25 }} Brockelbank served as speaker for the Saskatchewan assembly from 1975 to 1982.{{cite web|url=http://www.saskarchives.com/web/seld/Speakers.pdf |title=Saskatchewan Speakers of the Legislative Assembly |publisher=Saskatchewan Archive Board |accessdate=2009-11-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725182523/http://www.saskarchives.com/web/seld/Speakers.pdf |archivedate=2011-07-25 }} He died on February 3, 2020, at the age of 88.{{cite web | url=https://thestarphoenix.remembering.ca/obituary/john-brockelbank-1078372754 | title=Remembering the life of John Brockelbank 1931 - 2020 }}