Education
Street Catharine"s College.
Street Catharine"s College.
He was an Industrial Correspondent for the Glasgow Herald newspaper from 1963 to 1966, and then worked as Head of Publications for the Scottish Council for Development and Industry. A convinced believer in the benefits of Scottish independence he worked unofficially as an adviser and researcher to Winnie Ewing, whilst she was the sole Scottish National Party parliamentarian from 1967 till 1970. He also served as Scottish National Party Director of Communications in the late 1960s before becoming a Vice-Chairman of the party in the early 1970s.
Elected with a majority of 793, he was given the financial portfolio in the Scottish National Party Parliamentary grouping, but lost his seat at the 1979 election along with 8 of his colleagues.
Although he garnered only 287 votes less than he had when elected, the Conservatives increased their vote by 3,609 to leave Crawford trailing by 3,103 votes. Crawford died in 2002.
47th United Kingdom Parliament]
He was elected as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Perth and East Perthshire at the October 1974 election as the party increased its number of representatives from 7 to 11.