Thomas Crerar

Thomas Crerar
Crerar, August 1919
Minister of Mines and Resources
In office
1 December 1936 – 17 April 1945
Prime MinisterW. L. Mackenzie King
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded byJames Allison Glen
Minister of the Interior
Minister of Mines
Minister of Immigration and Colonization
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs
In office
23 October 1935 – 30 November 1936
Prime MinisterW. L. Mackenzie King
Preceded byThomas Gerow Murphy (as Minister of the Interior and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs)
Wesley Ashton Gordon (as Minister of Mines and Minister of Immigration and Colonization)
Succeeded byOffice Abolished
Minister of Agriculture
Acting
25 October 1935 – 3 November 1935
Prime MinisterW. L. Mackenzie King
Preceded byRobert Weir
Succeeded byJames Garfield Gardiner
In office
12 October 1917 – 11 June 1919
Prime MinisterSir Robert Borden
Preceded byMartin Burrell
Succeeded byJames Alexander Calder (acting)
Minister of Railways and Canals
In office
30 December 1929 – 6 August 1930
Prime MinisterW. L. Mackenzie King
Preceded byCharles Avery Dunning (acting)
Succeeded byRobert James Manion
Senator for Churchill, Manitoba
In office
18 April 1945 – 31 May 1966
Appointed byW. L. Mackenzie King
Member of Parliament
for Churchill
In office
14 October 1935 – 17 April 1945
Preceded byBernard Stitt
Succeeded byRonald Moore
Member of Parliament
for Brandon
In office
5 February 1930 – 27 July 1930
Preceded byRobert Forke
Succeeded byDavid Wilson Beaubier
Member of Parliament
for Marquette
In office
17 December 1917 – 28 October 1925
Preceded byWilliam James Roche
Succeeded byHenry Mullins
Personal details
Born
Thomas Alexander Crerar

(1876-06-17)17 June 1876
Molesworth, Ontario, Canada
Died11 April 1975(1975-04-11) (aged 98)
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Political party
Spouse
Jessie Hamilton
(m. 1906; died 1967)
Children2
Education
Profession
  • Farmer
  • grain merchant
  • managing director
  • teacher

Thomas Alexander Crerar PC CC (17 June 1876 – 11 April 1975) was a western Canadian politician and a leader of the short-lived Progressive Party of Canada. He was born in Molesworth, Ontario, and moved to Manitoba at a young age.