Steven Marshall Crabb (born 15 January 1943) is a former Australian politician. He was born in

Arbroath Arbroath () or Aberbrothock ( ) is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the Subdivisions of Scotland, council area of Angus, Scotland, Angus, Scotland, with a population of 23,902. It lies on the North Sea coast, some east-northeast of ...

in Scotland, the son of Steven Crabb, an RAF warrant officer, and Gertrude. He attended local state schools and joined the Labour Party, of which he was an office-bearer. He emigrated to Australia in June 1966, joining the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society as joint assistant actuary in 1972. He joined the Labor Party and was a member of the federal executive of the Australian Insurance Employees Union from 1966 to 1970 and from 1972 to 1976, serving as vice-president for the latter period. In 1976 he was elected to the

Victorian Legislative Assembly The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the states and territories of Australia, state lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the state upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament H ...

as the member for Knox. He was promoted to the ministry in 1982 as Minister of Transport, adding Industrial Affairs in 1983. In 1985 he became Minister for

Employment Employment is a relationship between two party (law), parties Regulation, regulating the provision of paid Labour (human activity), labour services. Usually based on a employment contract, contract, one party, the employer, which might be a cor ...

and Industrial Affairs, subsequently moving to Labour (1986–88), Police and Emergency Services (1987–90), Tourism (1988–92), Conservation and Environment (1990–92) and

Water Resources Water resources are natural resources of water that are potentially useful for humans, for example as a source of drinking water supply or irrigation water. These resources can be either Fresh water, freshwater from natural sources, or water produ ...

(1992). He retired from politics in 1992.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Crabb, Steve 1943 births Living people People from Arbroath Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Ministers for conservation (Victoria) Ministers for the environment (Victoria) Scottish emigrants to Australia Ministers for water (Victoria) Ministers for employment (Victoria) Ministers for labour (Victoria) Ministers for transport infrastructure (Victoria) Ministers for tourism (Victoria)