This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (March 2016) |
Thomas Crerar | |
---|---|
Minister of Mines and Resources | |
In office 1 December 1936 – 17 April 1945 | |
Prime Minister | W. L. Mackenzie King |
Preceded by | Office Established |
Succeeded by | James 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 Minister | W. L. Mackenzie King |
Preceded by | Thomas 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 by | Office Abolished |
Minister of Agriculture | |
Acting 25 October 1935 – 3 November 1935 | |
Prime Minister | W. L. Mackenzie King |
Preceded by | Robert Weir |
Succeeded by | James Garfield Gardiner |
In office 12 October 1917 – 11 June 1919 | |
Prime Minister | Sir Robert Borden |
Preceded by | Martin Burrell |
Succeeded by | James Alexander Calder (acting) |
Minister of Railways and Canals | |
In office 30 December 1929 – 6 August 1930 | |
Prime Minister | W. L. Mackenzie King |
Preceded by | Charles Avery Dunning (acting) |
Succeeded by | Robert James Manion |
Senator for Churchill, Manitoba | |
In office 18 April 1945 – 31 May 1966 | |
Appointed by | W. L. Mackenzie King |
Member of Parliament for Churchill | |
In office 14 October 1935 – 17 April 1945 | |
Preceded by | Bernard Stitt |
Succeeded by | Ronald Moore |
Member of Parliament for Brandon | |
In office 5 February 1930 – 27 July 1930 | |
Preceded by | Robert Forke |
Succeeded by | David Wilson Beaubier |
Member of Parliament for Marquette | |
In office 17 December 1917 – 28 October 1925 | |
Preceded by | William James Roche |
Succeeded by | Henry Mullins |
Personal details | |
Born | Thomas Alexander Crerar 17 June 1876 Molesworth, Ontario, Canada |
Died | 11 April 1975 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | (aged 98)
Political party |
|
Spouse |
Jessie Hamilton
(m. 1906; died 1967) |
Children | 2 |
Education | |
Profession |
|
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.