John Crawford (June 17, 1856 – May 31, 1928) was a
Canadian
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politician.
Born in
Kintail
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Name
The area is called ''Cinn t-Sàile'' in Scottish Gaelic – which, since the "s" is sile ...
,
Huron County,
Canada West
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, the son of James Crawford and Catherine McGregor, Crawford received his education in the
Port Albert
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public school, and after spending six years in a flour mill in Port Albert moved to
Gladstone, Manitoba
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. In 1876, he took up land in Neepawa district and carried on an implement business also, until 1883, when he removed to the town and conducted the implement, lumber and grain business until August 1890 when he opened a general store.
He was elected to Council in 1884, and was, for some years, Reeve of the
Rural Municipality of Rosedale
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. At the time of the outbreak of the
North-West Rebellion
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, he raised a company of volunteers, which was attached to the 95th Battalion, and was gazetted as captain. He was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
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as the
Liberal candidate for
Beautiful Plains in
1886
Events January
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and
1888
Events January
* January 3 – The great telescope (with an objective lens of diameter) at Lick Observatory in California is first used.
* January 12 – The Schoolhouse Blizzard hits Dakota Territory and the states of Montana, M ...
, but was defeated by
John Andrew Davidson in
1892
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Events
January
* January 1 – Ellis Island begins processing imm ...
. He was elected to the
House of Commons of Canada
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for
Portage la Prairie
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Portage la Prairie is approximately west of Winnipeg, along the Trans-Canada Highway (exactly ...
in the
1904 federal election. A
Liberal, he was defeated in
1908
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Events
January
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losing to future
Prime Minister of Canada
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Arthur Meighen
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.
Crawford was a
Presbyterian
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and a member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
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. He married Matilda Hayden in 1881.
External links
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''This article incorporates text from
The Canadian album: men of Canada, Vol. 3', a publication now in the public domain.''
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1856 births
1928 deaths
Canadian Presbyterians
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Manitoba Liberal Party MLAs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Manitoba
People from Huron County, Ontario
19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada