Background
John Crosbie was born on January 30, 1931, in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. He is the son of Chesley Arthur and Jessie Elizabeth (Camell) Crosbie.
John Crosbie
John Crosbie
John Crosbie
John studied political science and economics at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.
John studied law at Dalhousie Law School in Halifax, Nova Scotia graduating in 1956.
John undertook postgraduate studies at the Institute for Advanced Legal Studies of the University of London in 1956-1957.
John Crosbie was awarded the Canadian Centennial Medal in 1967.
Crosbie was given the Canadian version of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002.
(John Crosbie became famous in Canada as a politician unli...)
John Crosbie became famous in Canada as a politician unlike the others, someone with a sharp tongue who has always spoken his mind. Now that he is out of politics, he has given us a book that will have many politicians and public figures running for cover - and many readers chuckling and cheering him on.
https://www.amazon.com/No-Holds-Barred-Life-Politics/dp/0771024282/?tag=2022091-20
1998
John Crosbie was born on January 30, 1931, in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. He is the son of Chesley Arthur and Jessie Elizabeth (Camell) Crosbie.
John studied political science and economics at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He went on to study law at Dalhousie Law School in Halifax, Nova Scotia graduating in 1956. He then undertook postgraduate studies at the Institute for Advanced Legal Studies of the University of London in 1956-1957.
Crosbie practised law in St. John's in the late 1950s and the 1960s. In 1965 he ran for the position of deputy mayor in St. John’s and won. Elected to the House of Commons in 1976, he was Minister of Finance in Joe Clark's short-lived minority government of 1979, which was defeated in a vote of no confidence over Crosbie's budget. In 1983, he contested the party leadership, finishing third behind Brian Mulroney and Joe Clark.
After the Conservatives were elected in 1984, Crosbie served in several senior cabinet posts under Prime Minister Mulroney, most notably as Minister of Fisheries and Oceans. Crosbie did not run for re-election in 1993.
From 1994 until 2008, he served as Chancellor of Memorial University of Newfoundland. On February 4, 2008, he was appointed as Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.
In 1997, he published his memoirs, entitled No Holds Barred: My Life in Politics.
(John Crosbie became famous in Canada as a politician unli...)
1998Crosbie was a member of the Liberal Party, but in 1969 he joined the Progressive Conservatives, with whom he remained until its dissolution in 2003. Despite his earlier opposition to the Canadian Alliance, he did not oppose the merger of the two parties and joined the new Conservative Party of Canada.
Quotations:
"Why are you yelling at me? I didn't take the fish from the God damn water, so don't go abusing me."
"It is better to be honest and sincere in one language than a twister, a trickster and a twit in two."
"The Canadian economy needs a transfusion and who do they give us, Dracula."
John Crosbie is a member of Newfoundland Law Society.
As a Cabinet minister, Crosbie displayed a penchant for straight talk and became popular with the general public and journalists for his colorful quotes.
John Crosbie married Jane Ellen Audrey Furneaux on September 8, 1952. They have three children: Chesley Furneaux, Michael John, Beth.