Thomas Crawford was speaker of the Legislature of Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

 in 1907-1911 and served as Conservative MLA for Toronto Northwest

Toronto Northwest

Toronto Northwest was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1935. It was located in the city of Toronto in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Parkdale, Toronto North and York South ridings.It consisted of the part...

 and Toronto West

Toronto West

Toronto West was a federal electoral district in the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1925...

 from 1894 to 1924.

He was born in County Fermanagh

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, Ireland

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, the son of James Crawford, and educated in Inniskillen. Crawford was a cattle dealer and exporter. He served several terms on Toronto

Toronto

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city council. In 1878, he married Isabella Fyfe. Crawford also served as Minister Without Portfolio from 1923 to 1924.