Career
He represented High Bluff and Poplar Point from 1883 to 1886 in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Conservative. He was born in South Leeds, Canada West, the son of John Crawford. Crawford came to Manitoba in 1871 as an assistant surveyor.
In 1875, he became a Dominion Lands Surveyor.
He was hired in 1877 by the federal government as a valuator of the Canadian Pacific Railway right-of-way. Crawford was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the Manitoba assembly in 1879 before being elected in 1883.
He also served as Swamp Lands Commissioner for Manitoba. He later farmed in the Dauphin area.
Crawford died in Dauphin.