Sir John Chalker Crosbie, (September 11, 1876 – October 5, 1932) was a Newfoundland

Dominion of Newfoundland

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 politician and businessman.

Born in Brigus

Brigus, Newfoundland and Labrador

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, Newfoundland

Newfoundland and Labrador

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, the son of George Graham Crosbie and Martha, he started a company, Crosbie and Company, which was an exporter of fish. In 1908, he was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

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 representing the Newfoundland People's Party

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. He served under Prime Minister

Prime minister

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 Michael Patrick Cashin

Michael Patrick Cashin

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 as Minister of Fishing in 1917, and then as Acting Prime Minister in 1918. When the People's Party collapsed, Crosbie joined the Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party and returned to government in 1924, serving in Prime Minister Walter Stanley Monroe

Walter Stanley Monroe

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's cabinet as Minister of Finance and Customs until his retirement in 1928.

Crosbie's son, Chesley A. Crosbie served on the Newfoundland National Convention

Newfoundland National Convention

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 in the 1940s, and was leader of the Party for Economic Union with the United States opposing Canadian Confederation

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 in the 1948 Newfoundland referendums

Newfoundland referendums, 1948

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. His grandson, John Crosbie

John Crosbie

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 was a provincial cabinet minister in the 1960s and 1970s and a federal Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

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 cabinet minister under Canadian Prime Ministers

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 Joe Clark

Joe Clark

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 and Brian Mulroney

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External links

• Sir John Chalker Crosbie at The Canadian Encyclopedia
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