Neil Stanley Crawford

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Neil Stanley Crawford (born: May 26, 1931 died: August 25, 1992) was a politician and jazz musician from Alberta, Canada.

1 Early life
2 Federal involvement
3 Provincial politics
4 External links

[edit] Early life

Neil served as an Alderman for the City of Edmonton, Alberta

[edit] Federal involvement

Neil was actively involved with federal politics. He served as an executive assistant to John Diefenbaker and served as Young Progressive Conservative Association President from 1963 to 1964.

He had a jazz band called the Blue Tory Notes, and played trumpet.

[edit] Provincial politics

Neil was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the first time in the 1971 Alberta general election for the new district of Edmonton Parkallen. He served a total of five terms from 1971 to 1989 for the Progressive Conservatives.

During his time in the assembly he served numerous portfolios in the cabinet. He was Minister of Health and Social Development, Minister of Labour, Minister of Municipal Affairs, Attorney General, Government House Leader, and lastly responsible for the government's Special Projects.

In December 1986 he held a press conference to announce he was afflicted with Lou Gehrig's Disease. He served out the rest of his term and retired in 1989.

He passed away on August 25, 1992. The Neil Crawford Centre and the Neil Crawford Train Station are named in his honor.