Patricia Crossman (1940 – December 20, 2002) was a political figure in

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, Canada. She represented Riverview in the

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from 1999 to 2002 as a Progressive Conservative member. She was born in

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and educated at

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. She was a school board trustee and was president of the New Brunswick School Trustees Association from 1987 to 1990 and of the Canadian School Boards Association from 1994 to 1997. Crossman died in office at the age of 62. Crossman's maternal grandfather,

Oscar E. Morehouse Oscar Emery Morehouse (August 5, 1857 – January 1, 1935) was a Canadian medical doctor and Conservative political figure. He represented York County in the New Brunswick provincial legislature from 1911 to 1917. A graduate of McGill Med ...

, also served in the

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as a

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member for York County from 1911 to 1917.

References

Women MLA Listing (Patricia (Pat) Crossman), New Brunswick Legislative Library
1940 births 2002 deaths Politicians from Moncton Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick MLAs Women MLAs in New Brunswick 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians 20th-century Canadian women politicians {{NewBrunswick-MLA-stub