Sir John Chalker Crosbie KBE (11 September 1876 – 5 October 1932) was a Newfoundland merchant and politician.
An aggressive and energetic entrepreneur, he created a fortune (which he lost) and started the Crosbie dynasty. His son, Chesley Crosbie,[1] and grandson, John Crosbie[2] were both affluent politicians. In 1900 Crosbie founded Crosbie and Co. and by 1920 was one of the leading fish exporters in Newfoundland.
He entered politics as MHA for Bay de Verde in 1908. After Edward Morris resigned at the end of 1917, Crosbie served as Prime Minister in a caretaker capacity until 5 January 1918, when William Lloyd took office. He was Minister of Shipping in 1919 and Minister of Finance and Customs under Prime Minister Walter Monroe from 1924 to 1928.[3][4]
Crosbie was knighted KBE in 1919.
References
- ^ The Newfoundland National Convention, 1946-1948: Reports and papers. McGill-Queen's Press. 1995.
- ^ Crosbie, John (1997). No Holds Barred: My Life in Politics. McCellend and Stewart Inc. pp. 200–205. ISBN 0-7710-2427-4.
- ^ "'We all expected to die': Author Anne Budgell recounts her research on the 1918 Spanish Flu in Labrador". 3 December 2018.
- ^ Kennedy, John C. (May 2015). Encounters: An Anthropological History of Southeastern Labrador. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. ISBN 9780773583443.
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External links
- "Newfoundland and Labrador Business Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on February 13, 2006. Retrieved March 26, 2006.
- Sir John Chalker Crosbie at The Canadian Encyclopedia
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