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Thomas Alexander Crerar, PC,
CC,
LL.D (
June 17,
1876 –
April 11,
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.
Crerar rose to prominence as leader of the
Manitoba Grain Growers association in the 1910s. Although he'd no experience as an elected official, he was appointed as
Minister of Agriculture in
Robert Laird Borden's
Union government on
October 12,
1917, to provide a show of national unity during the
First World War. He was easily elected to the
Canadian House of Commons for
Marquette in the
election of 1917.
On
June 6,
1919, Crerar resigned from his position in protest against the high
tariff policies of the Conservative-dominated government. He was strongly in favour of
free trade with the
United States, which would have benefited the western farmers.
In
1920, he was selected as leader of the
Progressive Party. In the
1921 election, he led the party to a landslide victory in western Canada, giving them 65 seats in the House of Commons. Crerar failed to hold the party together, however. He resigned as leader in
1922, and the party collapsed shortly thereafter.
Crerar spent some time in the private sector before returning to politics in
1929, as a member of
William Lyon Mackenzie King's
Liberal Party. Although once again not holding a seat in parliament, he was appointed
Minister of Railways and Canals (Canada) on
December 30,
1929, and won a by-election in
Brandon on
February 5,
1930. King's government was defeated in the
general election that followed, however, and Crerar was personally defeated in his riding.
He returned to parliament in the
1935 election, as the member for the northern
Manitoba riding of
Churchill. He was once again appointed to King's cabinet, serving as
Minister of Immigration and Colonization,
Minister of Mines,
Minister of the Interior and
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs from
October 23,
1935 to
November 30,
1936. On
December 1,
1936, he was removed from most of his responsibilities and became simply
Minister of Mines and Resources, holding the position until
April 17,
1945.
Crerar was appointed to the
Canadian Senate on
April 18,
1945, and remained a Senator until his retirement on
May 31,
1966. In 1973, he was made a Companion of the
Order of Canada. He died in 1975.
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