John Crosbie
Politician
1931 –
Who is John Crosbie?
John Carnell Crosbie, PC, OC, ONL, QC is a retired provincial and federal politician who served as the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Crosbie has served as a provincial Cabinet minister under premiers Joey Smallwood and Frank Moores as well as a federal Cabinet minister during the governments of Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney.
Crosbie ran unsuccessfully for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1969, losing to Smallwood, and was also a candidate in the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada's 1983 leadership election, placing third. As a Cabinet minister under Mulroney, Crosbie was known to be outspoken and controversial.
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- Born
- Jan 30, 1931
St. John's - Spouses
- Jane Furneaux
(1952/09/08 - )
- Jane Furneaux
- Children
- Religion
- United Church of Canada
- Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Education
- Law degree, Queen's University
Political Science and Economics - Law degree, Schulich School of Law
( - 1956) - University of London
- St. Andrew's College, Aurora
- London School of Economics and Political Science
(1956 - 1957)
- Law degree, Queen's University
- Lived in
- St. John's
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on July 23, 2013
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