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{{Infobox Politician
| name          = Adam Crooks
| image         = AdamCrooks23.jpg
| imagesize     = 180px
| caption       = Adam Crooks, 1872<ref>{{citation |title=Adam Crook |publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]] |date=1872}}</ref>
| office1       = [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|Ontario MPP]]
| term_start1   = 1875
| term_end1     = 1883
| predecessor1  = [[Adam Oliver]]
| successor1    = [[George Atwell Cooke]]
| constituency1 = [[Oxford South (provincial electoral district)|Oxford South]]
| term_start2   = 1871
| term_end2     = 1874
| predecessor2  = [[John Wallis (politician)|John Wallis]]
| successor2    = [[Robert Bell (Toronto politician)|Robert Bell]]
| constituency2 = [[Toronto West (provincial electoral district)|Toronto West]]
| party         = [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1827|12|11}}
| birth_place   = [[Flamborough, Ontario|West Flamboro, Ontario]]
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1885|12|28|1827|12|11}}
| death_place   = [[Hartford, Connecticut]]
| occupation    = Lawyer
| spouse        = 
}}
'''Adam Crooks''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|QC}} (December 11, 1827 &ndash; December 28, 1885) was an [[Ontario]] [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|Member]] of the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] for [[Toronto West (provincial electoral district)|Toronto West]] from 1871 to 1874 and moved to the riding of [[Oxford South (provincial electoral district)|Oxford South]] from 1875 to 1886.

==Background==
Crooks was born in [[Flamborough, Ontario|West Flamboro, Ontario]], the son of [[James Crooks]] and Jane Cummings. He studied at [[Upper Canada College]] and the [[University of Toronto]]. During his time in Toronto, he studied law and was called to the bar in 1851. Crooks married Emily Ann C. Evans in 1857. Their child, Lawrence Ogden Crooks, was born in 1858.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Ogden family in America, Elizabethtown branch and their English ancestry : John Ogden, the Pilgrim, and his descendants, 1640-1906 ...|author=Wheeler, William Ogden|date=1907|publisher=Printed ... by J.B. Lippincott Co|oclc=191114217}}</ref> During the early 1860s, Adam Crooks successfully appealed a lower court decision against the [[Commercial Bank of Canada]] before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in [[England]]. In 1863, he was named [[Queen's Counsel]]. Near the end of his life, he suffered from problems with his physical and mental health and was forced to retire from public life. He died in [[Hartford, Connecticut]].

==Politics==
He served as [[Attorney General of Ontario|Attorney General]] from 1871 to 1872 and provincial treasurer from 1872 to 1877. Crooks played a major role in developing the 1876 liquor licence act, also known as the Crooks Act, which attempted to control the sale of alcohol within the province. He also served as the first [[Minister of Education (Ontario)|Minister of Education]] in Ontario, appointed in 1876, after the retirement of Rev. Dr. [[Egerton Ryerson]], who was [[Chief Superintendent]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Adam Crooks |url=https://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/on-line-exhibits/education/crooks.aspx |date=December 18, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218083511/http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/on-line-exhibits/education/crooks.aspx |archivedate=December 18, 2010 |publisher=Archives of Ontario}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{cite DCB |first=Robert M. |last=Stamp |title=Crooks, Adam |volume=11 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/crooks_adam_11E.html}}
* {{Ontario MPP biography|ID=775}}

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[[Category:1827 births]]
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[[Category:Canadian Queen's Counsel]]
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[[Category:Politicians from Hamilton, Ontario]]
[[Category:University of Toronto alumni]]
[[Category:Upper Canada College alumni]]