11 Facts About Thomas Crerar

Thomas Crerar was born in Molesworth, Ontario, and moved to Manitoba at a young age.

Thomas Crerar was easily elected to the House of Commons of Canada for Marquette in the election of 1917.

On June 6,1919, Thomas Crerar resigned from his position in protest against the high tariff policies of the Conservative-dominated government.

Thomas Crerar was strongly in favor of free trade with the United States, which would have benefited the western farmers.

Thomas Crerar resigned as leader in 1922, and the party collapsed shortly thereafter.

Thomas Crerar spent some time in the private sector before returning to politics in 1929, as a member of William Lyon Mackenzie King's Liberal Party.

King's government was defeated in the general election that followed and Thomas Crerar was personally defeated in his riding.

Thomas Crerar returned to parliament in the 1935 election, as the member for the northern Manitoba riding of Churchill.

Thomas Crerar was appointed to King's cabinet, serving as Minister of Immigration and Colonization, Minister of Mines, Minister of the Interior and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs from October 23,1935, to November 30,1936.

Thomas Crerar was appointed to the Senate of Canada on April 18,1945, and remained a Senator until his retirement on May 31,1966.

In 1962, Thomas Crerar considered it an "error" to give voting rights to Inuit and advocated revoking this right for Inuit in the eastern Arctic to vote.