James White Crooks

James White Crooks (February 3, 1866 – September 4, 1944) was a pharmacist, business owner and politician in Ontario, Canada.

[1] He was born in Woodstock, Canada West and was educated at the Ontario College of Pharmacy.

He lived for a short time in West Duluth, Minnesota before moving to Port Arthur in 1886.

Crooks retired from business in 1935; the pharmacy remained in the family until 1986, when it was purchased by Shoppers Drug Mart.

[1] An earlier attempt by Shoppers to purchase the company in 1979 had been turned down by the Canadian Foreign Investment Review Agency.