Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Hooke, Alfred John
Parallel form(s) of name
Hooke, A.J.
Hooke, A. J.
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Description area
Dates of existence
1905-1992
History
Teacher, politician and writer from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 to 1971 as a member of the Social Credit Party. He held numerous cabinet portfolios in the government of Ernest Manning from 1943 to 1968. Of the original 1935 Socred caucus, Hooke was the only member to serve continuously in the legislature until the party's defeat in 1971.