John Chalker Crosbie

Sir John Chalker Crosbie
3rd Prime Minister of Newfoundland
In office
31 December 1917 – 5 January 1918
MonarchGeorge V
GovernorCharles Alexander Harris
Preceded byEdward Morris
Succeeded byWilliam Lloyd
Personal details
Born(1876-09-11)11 September 1876
Brigus, Newfoundland Colony
Died5 October 1932(1932-10-05) (aged 56)
St. John’s, Dominion of Newfoundland
Political partyPeople’s
(1908-1923)
Liberal-Conservative Progressive
(1923-1928)
United Newfoundland
(1928-1932)
Parent(s)George Graham Crosbie and Martha Ellen Chalker

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.

  1. ^ The Newfoundland National Convention, 1946-1948: Reports and papers. McGill-Queen's Press. 1995.
  2. ^ Crosbie, John (1997). No Holds Barred: My Life in Politics. McCellend and Stewart Inc. pp. 200–205. ISBN 0-7710-2427-4.
  3. ^ "'We all expected to die': Author Anne Budgell recounts her research on the 1918 Spanish Flu in Labrador". 3 December 2018.
  4. ^ Kennedy, John C. (May 2015). Encounters: An Anthropological History of Southeastern Labrador. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. ISBN 9780773583443.