Lloyd Roseville Crouse

Background

Crouse, Lloyd Roseville was born on November 19, 1918 in Lunenburg, Nova Scoti, Canada. Son of Kenneth Eleazer and Mary Bertha (Lantz) Crouse.

Education

Graduate in business administration, Lunenburg County Academy, 1935.

Career

Fishing fleet owner, Crouse Fisheries Ltd., Viking Fisheries Ltd., Atlas Fisheries Ltd., Lunenburg, 1945-1967; Member of Parliament from Queens-Lunenburg district, also member Privy Council, Parliament of Canada, Ottawa, 1957-1988; lieutenant governor of Nova Scoti, Halifax, 1989-1994. Member Lunenburg Town Council, 1950-1952.

Member county Lunenburg Board Trade, 1946-1956. Chairman Canada delegate Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in United Kingdom, 1962, delegate, 1973, delegate to 26th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Lusaca, Zambia, 1980, delegate 22d Canada Regional Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Northwest Territories, 1982, leader Commonwealth Parliamentary Delaware, Isle of Man,1987. Board of Governors Waterloo Lutheran U., Kitchener, Ontario, 1960-1969.

Delegate to North Atlantic Treaty Organization Parliamentary Conference, Paris, 1963, 64, 66, to Brussels, 1967. Delegate to International Parliamentary Union Conference, Paris, 1971. Delegate Certified Public Accountants Conference, Jamaica, 1978, New Zealand, 1979.

Chairman standing commission on public accounts, 1974, 75. Delegate to United Nations Conference at Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1981. Chairman of the board of trustees Public Archives Nova Scotia.

Served on House Standing Coms. External Affairs and National Defense, Fisheries and Regional Expansion. Member Shadow Cabinet, responsible for fisheries policies for Canada.

Achievements

• Lloyd Roseville Crouse has been listed as a noteworthy Lieutenant governor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Lunenburg School Commissioners, 1950-1952. Chairman Lutheran Youth Board, 1950-1954;chairman, master ceremonies Nova Scoti Fisheries Exhibition, 1946-1956. Member of the Board of Governors Waterloo Lutheran U., Kitchener, Ontario, 1960-1969.

Pilot Royal Canadian Air Force, World War World War II. Fellow Nova Scoti Royal Commonwealth Society. Member Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (president Canada branch 1984, chairman 1985, 86, 87, 88), Canada Legion (past president Lunenburg branch), Knight of Grace, Order St. John of Jerusalem.

Interests

• Avocations: deep sea fishing, swimming, skating.

Connections

Married Marion Cavell Fraser, October 7, 1942. Children: Marilyn, Stephen.

Father:

Kenneth Eleazer Crouse

Mother:

Mary Bertha (Lantz) Crouse

Spouse:

Marion Cavell Fraser

child:

Stephen Crouse

child:

Marilyn Crouse