John Crosbie

John Carnell Crosbie,  (January 30, 1931 – January 10, 2020) was a Canadian politician. He was the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador from 2008 through 2013.

He worked as a federal Cabinet minister during the governments of Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney. 

Crosbie ran unsuccessfully for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1969, losing to Smallwood, and was also a candidate in the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada's 1983 leadership election, placing third. 

Crosbie died on January 10, 2020 after a short-illness at the age of 88.

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