Thomas Crawford (Canadian politician)

Thomas Crawford
Thomas Crawford
Ontario MPP
	In office; 1914–1924
Preceded by	New riding
Succeeded by	William Edwards
Constituency	Toronto Northwest - Seat A
	In office; 1908–1914
Preceded by	New riding
Succeeded by	Riding abolished
Constituency	Toronto West - Seat A
	In office; 1894–1908
Preceded by	New riding
Succeeded by	Riding abolished
Constituency	Toronto West
Personal details
Born	August 14, 1847; County Fermanagh, Ireland
Died	February 9, 1932 (aged 84); Toronto, Ontario
Political party	Conservative
Occupation	Businessman

Thomas Crawford (August 14, 1847 – February 9, 1932) was speaker of the Legislature of Ontario in 1907-1911 and served as Conservative MLA for Toronto Northwest and Toronto West from 1894 to 1924.

He was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland in 1847,^[1] the son of James Crawford, and was educated in Inniskillen.^[1] He came to Toronto with his family around 1865 and began work with the Northern Railway Company. In 1868, he went into business with his father, a cattle merchant, later forming his own company which exported cattle to the United States and Britain.^[2] In 1878, he married Isabella Fyfe.^[1] From 1892 to 1894, he represented Ward 5 on Toronto city council.^[2]

Crawford served in the provincial cabinet as Minister Without Portfolio from 1923 to 1924. He resigned his seat in 1924 to become registrar of deeds for the city of Toronto.^[2] He died in 1932 and was interred at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto.^[3]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1897 JA Gemmill
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Dale, Clare A (1992). Whose servant I am" : speakers of the assemblies of the province of Upper Canada, Canada and Ontario, 1792-1992. Toronto: Ontario Legislative Library. pp. 199–203.
^ "Person Details for Thomas Crawford, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947" — FamilySearch.org". FamilySearch. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.

External links

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[gemmill-1] The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1897 JA Gemmill

[bio-2] Dale, Clare A (1992). Whose servant I am" : speakers of the assemblies of the province of Upper Canada, Canada and Ontario, 1792-1992. Toronto: Ontario Legislative Library. pp. 199–203.

[3] "Person Details for Thomas Crawford, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947" — FamilySearch.org". FamilySearch. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.

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