Rex Crawford
Canadian politician (1932–2022)
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Rex Crawford (25 February 1932 – 20 July 2022) was a Canadian politician who was a member of the House of Commons from 1988 to 1997. By career, he was a farmer.
Rex Crawford | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Kent | |
| In office 1988–1997 | |
| Preceded by | Elliott Hardey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 February 1932 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | 20 July 2022 (aged 90) Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada |
| Party | Liberal Party of Canada |
| Spouse |
Ruth Anne Deacon (m. 1954) |
| Children | 4 |
| Profession | Farmer |
| [1] | |
Born in Detroit, Michigan, he first campaigned for a seat in Canadian Parliament during the 1988 federal election, as a candidate for the Liberal Party at the Kent electoral district. He won that election and was re-elected there in the 1993 federal election, therefore serving in the 34th and 35th Canadian Parliaments. He left Canadian politics in 1997 since he did not seek a third term in Parliament.
During his federal political career, Crawford would sometimes take views at variance with his fellow Liberals. In 2004, several years after he left Parliament, he supported Conservative party candidate Dave Van Kesteren in the Chatham-Kent—Essex riding during the 2004 federal election.[2]
Electoral record
| 1993 Canadian federal election: Kent | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Rex Crawford | 23,177 | 63.78 | – | $26,452 | |||
| Reform | Arnold Broeders | 5,618 | 15.46 | $23,617 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tom Suitor | 5,015 | 13.80 | $25,419 | ||||
| New Democratic | Aaron De Meester | 1,368 | 3.76 | $10,887 | ||||
| National | Victor Knight | 1,014 | 2.79 | $8,536 | ||||
| Natural Law | Marty Howe | 146 | 0.40 | $0 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 36,338 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 250 | |||||||
| Turnout | 36,588 | 62.63 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 58,415 | |||||||
| Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada. | ||||||||
