Fred Crone was a businessman and political figure in British Columbia

British Columbia

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. He represented Vancouver Centre

Vancouver Centre (provincial electoral district)

Vancouver Centre was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created before the general election of 1933. It and the other new Vancouver ridings in this year, Vancouver-Burrard, Vancouver-Point Grey and Vancouver East, were created from the...

 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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 from 1937 to 1939 as a Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

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He was born in Warwick, Ontario

Warwick, Ontario

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 and educated in Watford and Strathroy. After taking an officer's training course in London, Ontario

London, Ontario

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, he served with the Canadian Army in Halifax. Crone came to Vancouver in 1902. He worked as a dishwasher, stevedore

Stevedore

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 and as a logger. Crone then became a partner in a poultry-raising operation. He sold his share in that business and established a moving and storage company. Crone served on Vancouver City council from 1920 to 1923 and from 1936 to 1939 and on the city's Park Board from 1929 to 1936. He placed second in the 1929 Vancouver mayoralty race. Crone also served as chairman of the Greater Vancouver Publicity bureau and president of the Puget Sounders and British Columbians Associated, an organization aimed at promoting tourism in the region.

Crone died in office of a heart attack while playing golf in Vancouver.