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	John Crosbie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Crosbie first entered politics as a member of the St. John's city council until he was appointed to the provincial cabinet of Liberal Premier Joey Smallwood in 1966.
		Less notable was the failure of the "John Crosbie blimp" to operate properly during his campaign's demonstration on the floor of the convention.
		Crosbie actively promioted that agreement in the that year's federal election, which was primarily fought on the free trade issue.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Crosbie (595 words)

	Newfoundland biographies - A-D - Newfoundland History
		Campbell, John (1702?-1790), vice-admiral, was governor of Newfoundland from 1782 to 1786.
		John's, Newfoundland, on the way: It has been maintained that Cartier made a fourth visit to Canada in 1543 or 1544; but there is no satisfactory evidence of this, and it is probable that the voyage of 1541-2 was his last visit to the St. Lawrence valley, of which he had been the discoverer.
		John's, and Mount Allison University (B.A. 1900), and from 1889 to 1899 served in the Methodist pastorate.
	www2.marianopolis.edu /nfldhistory/Newfoundland%20biographies%20A-D.htm (7001 words)

	Encyclopedia: John Crosbie
		Crosbie intended to go to England on the evening of Friday, the 21st May, and the two Meehans, William Bolger and he decided that they would attack Meier in the read room on the Friday morning, the 21st May, when they knew he would be there.
		Crosbie entered the read room by the lower door on the east side when Meier was standing near the stevedores’ door.
		Crosbie and the two Meehans were then attacked by three brothers, Liam Callaghan, Tony Callaghan and Joseph Callaghan, and Crosbie and James Meehan were driven into the porch.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/John-Crosbie (2250 words)

	Open letter in response to the September 10 op-ed piece by John Crosbie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Crosbie also claims that "This is not about changing the national equalization formula to squeeze more funds...", even though the entire logic of his arguments supposes that such a change was contemplated at the time the accords were signed.
		Crosbie, an accord similar to the Nova Scotia one was concluded with Newfoundland and enacted by Parliament in 1985.
		Crosbie failed to quote his statement a few paragraphs later that "in accordance with the principle upon which the equalization scheme is based, equalization payments to Nova Scotia will be reduced as the province’s fiscal capacity increases because of offshore petroleum revenue".
	www.pco-bcp.gc.ca /aia?Language=E&Page=pressroom&Sub=openletters&Doc=20011003_e.htm (677 words)

	Crosbie, John Carnell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Crosbie, John Carnell, lawyer, politician (b at St John's 30 Jan 1931).
		He was elected to the St John's City Council in November 1965 and appointed deputy mayor on 1 January 1966.
		Crosbie held several senior cabinet portfolios and was the main advocate of the government's policy of greater local control and management of Newfoundland's resources.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0002039 (228 words)

	John C. Crosbie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Crosbie became Minister of Fisheries and Oceans in 1991.
		Crosbie also initiated an education and public awareness program (EPAP) to inform Atlantic Canadians of the importance of the recreational fishing industry's role in conserving fish and a Federal-Provincial Conservation and Enhancement Agreement for each Atlantic province to improve the health of wild Atlantic salmon populations.
		It is an enduring tribute to John Crosbie's commitment to conservation.
	www.asf.ca /ConservCentre/HallFame/Awardpages/crosbie.html (206 words)

	Hon. John. C. Crosbie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		John C. Crosbie former federal Minister of Justice, Attorney General of Canada, Minister for International Trade, and Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and currently Chancellor of Memorial University of Newfoundland.
		Crosbie (despite being Minister of Transportation) still had to be seen as influencing the Dept. of Fisheries, and could not let the Minister of Fisheries run the Dept. alone.
		Crosbie says he supported the Charlottetown Accord to keep the country together, not because he agreed with it.
	www.ryerson.ca /~ipactor/conference/john.htm (613 words)

	People v. Crosbie and Meehan
		His death was caused by a stab-wound inflicted on him by Crosbie who made a statement to the Guards in which he admitted that he had a knife with him at the time of the fight.
		Crosbie was carrying a knife but there was no evidence that any of the other three accused knew this.
		Crosbie, who had a knife in his hand; was then attacked by Michael Murphy who succeeded in getting it from him.
	www.ucc.ie /law/irlii/cases/x5_66.htm (2972 words)

	John C. Crosbie, 1966: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		John C. Crosbie, 1966: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage
		Crosbie ran for Liberal leadership against Smallwood in 1969, pitting the younger generation, which supported Crosbie, against an older generation of Smallwood loyalists.
		Courtesy of the Centre for Newfoundland Studies Archives (J.R. Smallwood Collection 075, 5.05.354), Memorial University of Newfoundland Library, St. John's, Newfoundland.
	www.heritage.nf.ca /law/john_crosbie.html (52 words)

	Memorial University of Newfoundland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Marine Institute is also located in St. John's, while the Sir Wilfred Grenfell College campus is in Corner Brook and the Harlow campus is in Harlow, England.
		The college was established as a memorial to the Newfoundlanders who had lost their lives on active service during the First World War; it was later rededicated to also encompass the province's war dead of the Second World War.
		In 1964, the College of Fisheries, Navigation, Marine Engineering and Electronics opened in St. John's and was renamed to the Institute of Fisheries and Marine Technology in 1984.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Memorial_University_of_Newfoundland (815 words)

	Speaker Profile - The Hon. John Crosbie
		A knowledgable and commanding speaker, John Crosbie treats his audiences to a combination of world-class acumen and homespun wisdom.
		John Crosbie is known throughout Canada as a man who speaks his mind, with the result that he is often found at the heart of an issue or debate.
		John continues to speak out on the issues of the day with a lethal combination of candor, devastating wit and an unwillingness to yield to the dictates of political correctness of the day...
	www.nsb.com /speakerbio.asp?i_speakerid=47 (171 words)

	crosbie
		Crosbie said he left Smallwood's Liberals when he realized that it was either "him or me." Calling the incident "participatory hypocrisy" instead of participatory democracy, Crosbie firmly believes that Smallwood would not have acknowledged defeat after the 1972 provincial election if Newfoundland had not joined Confederation.
		Crosbie has never been a big fan of the media, which he blames for turning elections into popularity contests and for bending the truth instead of reporting facts.
		Crosbie also said that the next Quebec referendum must be the last and that anything less than a 60% vote in favor of separation must not be considered.
	www.nsnews.com /issue/w111797/crosbie.html (926 words)

	CBC News: John Crosbie considering political comeback (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Crosbie has hired a polling firm to gauge his level of support in the Newfoundland riding of Avalon and according to sources, those results should be ready by Thursday night.
		Crosbie is a former minister of justice and minister of transportation whose biggest achievement came in 1988 as minister of international trade when he helped negotiate the Canada—U.S. Free Trade Agreement.
		Crosbie was initially opposed to a merger between the former Progressive Conservatives and Canadian Alliance.
	cbc.ca /story/election/national/news/2004/05/25/crosbie_election.html (380 words)

	Karl Wells - The Rant
		Crosbie supporters were numerous but it was difficult for me to tell how much voting strength he had because his people seemed to be everywhere and I was told that quite a few of the people wearing Crosbie buttons were just observing and not voting.
		Crosbie and Joyce supporters were beside themselves, screaming, crying (I saw many people with tears flowing down their cheeks), throwing placards to the ground, hurling every form of abusive language and insult toward the podium.
		Standing immediately in front of the Crosbie camp I saw Jane Crosbie doing an exemplary job of maintaining her composure, which was not easy considering the way people around her and John Crosbie were behaving, especially Clyde Wells.
	www.karlwells.com /june2004.htm (2022 words)

	Crosbie Family
		According to the Scroggie family Bible, Elizabeth Crosbie was born in Beith, but from other sources, it is obvious that she was born in the nearby town of Kilmarnock, on 24 June, 1843, daughter of Robert Crosbie and Mary Anderson.
		The John Crosbie who married Elizabeth Houston in Riccarton on 16 June 1815 is almost certainly the John Crosbie born 30 October, 1791 in Leadhills in Lanark.
		John Miller was born in 1730 in Crawfordjohn, son of John Miller and Margaret Telfer, while Margaret Logan was born in 1734 in Douglas, daughter of William Logan and Margaret Wilson.
	homepages.paradise.net.nz /jewelian/Crosbie.htm (688 words)

	John Crosbie's Accomplishments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		John Crosbie has served the people of Newfoundland and Canada for 29 years at the municipal, provincial and federal levels of government.
		Crosbie was elected a member of the House of Assembly for St. John's West, and on September 26, 1967 he was appointed Minister of Health which he held until his resignation from Cabinet on May 14, 1968.
		John Crosbie was re-elected as the Progressive Conservative Member for St. John's West in 1971, 1972 and 1975.
	www.k12.nf.ca /gc/SocialStudies/chist1201/webpages/Joanne%20Butt/accomplishments.htm (247 words)

	The Sir Robert Bond Papers: 02/06/2005 - 02/12/2005
		Crosbie has known from the start that his new interpretation of "principle beneficiary" is decidedly not what was intended by the signatories to the Accord.
		Crosbie is also fully aware, or ought to be aware, that the legal status of the resources beneath the ground in Alberta and Saskatchewan was and is fundamentally different from the situation offshore Newfoundland and Labrador.
		Crosbie neglects to mention the numerous efforts to resolve the ownership dispute and develop the fields by mutual agreement between the federal and provincial governments.
	bondpapers.blogspot.com /2005_02_06_bondpapers_archive.html (9081 words)

	John Crosbie
		For many years the president of Magazines Canada, John Crosbie was not only an inveterate and unabashed punster and linguistic gamester, but also a devotee of the haiku form of poetic expresssion.
		John founded The International Save The Pun Foundation, and its official publication, the pundit, in 1979.
		Thanks in no small part to John, their one great unifying passion was, and is, the pun, that shamefully undervalued form of humourous talk so loathed by the French and so adored by many of the greatest English wits who ever lived.
	www.punpunpun.com /crosbie.htm (216 words)

	Record of Marriages - Munches
		Marriage of John Cairnin of Dalbeattie to Mary Copland.
		Marriage of John Lenon to Isabel Mackenzie daughter of Malcolm Mackenzie in Dalbeattie.
		Marriage of John Closs native of Ireland to Helen Thomson a native of Dalbeattie.
	www.buittle.org.uk /neworder/munches/marriages.htm (1122 words)

	Newfoundland Books - No Holds Barred - John C. Crosbie - Tide's Point Marketplace
		JOHN CROSBIE became famous in Canada as a politician unlike the others, someone with a sharp tongue who has always spoken his mind.
		He was not, however, the most reticent of ministers, and this book is studded with unrepentant "Crosbieisms." Never one to worry about political correctness, he delivers powerful broadsides on such topics as patronage, feminism, and the "lazy" and "uninformed" media.
		Crosbie on No Holds Barred, has been a member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, a political columnist and managing editor of the Globe and Mail, and publisher of the Sun Times of Canada.
	www.tidespoint.com /books/jcrosbie.shtml (459 words)

	Efford responds to Crosbie's remarks
		Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture John Efford is angered by recent remarks made by John Crosbie regarding the fishing industry of this province.
		Crosbie has publicly stated on a number of occasions that the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador has done nothing to change its approach to this province's fishing industry, especially its processing capacity.
		Crosbie that it was during the period of the provincial and federal Conservative administrations that the number of fish processing plants increased dramatically.
	www.gov.nf.ca /releases/1998/fishaq/0727n05.htm (750 words)

	CTV.ca \| John Crosbie may run again for Parliament
		John Crosbie, a Newfoundland political legend, appears to be ready to run again for federal office after an 11-year absence.
		Crosbie, 73, has been politically involved at the municipal, provincial and federal levels in Newfoundland.
		Since leaving politics in 1993, Crosbie has worked as a lawyer and consultant in St. John's and is a director of several corporations.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1085531211518_54?hub=SpecialEvent7 (476 words)

	nl-Avalon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		John Crosbie's comeback was unexpected, but should throw this riding into the too close to call column.
		John Crosbie, the old icon of Newfoundland/Labrador politics, is considering throwing his hat into the ring here.
		John Efford is the most or second-most popular politician in Newfoundland, and a formidable campaigner, especially in rural parts of the province.
	www.electionprediction.org /2004_fed/riding/10001-avalon.htm (1957 words)

	Chesley Crosbie: The Confederation Debate
		Crosbie attended Bishop Feild College in St. John's and an exclusive private school in Ontario.
		Other members of the St. John's business elite concentrated on the export of fish and the retail of goods manufactured outside Newfoundland; Crosbie invested in whaling, the herring fishery and other nontraditional enterprises.
		Crosbie was a delegate to the National Convention and favoured the return of responsible government.
	www.heritage.nf.ca /confederation/bio4.html (352 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Crosbie would complete that degree the following year and go on to receive his law degree from Dalhousie in 1956, before continuing his education in the law at the London School of Economics.
		As deputy mayor of St. John's, as a minister in the provincial governments of Joey Smallwood and Frank Moores, and the federal governments of Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney, as an opposition politician and as a backbench member -- at every level of his political career John Crosbie stood out.
		John Crosbie not only joins this extended family, but he moves to the head of the table in his role as chancellor.
	www.mun.ca /univrel/gazette/1994-95/Nov.3/convocation/c02-orac (673 words)

	'The biggest layoff in Canadian history' - Fished Out: The Rise and Fall of the Cod Fishery - CBC Archives
		Crosbie's announcement in a St. John's hotel unleashes a wave of fury from fishermen, all of which is caught on camera.
		Crosbie said he regretted having to make the decision but, "we are in an emergency situation here."
		• Crosbie's constituency office was also the scene of violence later the same day as angry fishermen ripped the handles off the doors and a staff member was thrown to the ground.
	archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-73-1595-10943/politics_economy/cod_economy/clip6 (727 words)

	Canversations - Newfoundland / No Holds Barred: My Life in Politics
		We encounter Crosbie at his most vituperative and most antagonistic as he revisits the characters and events of a lifetime.
		Called to the bar in 1957, Crosbie was first elected to public office in 1965 as a St. John's municipal councillor, resigning in 1966 to enter the cabinet of Premier Joseph R. Smallwood, whose presence animates the first half of the book.
		The drama surrounding Crosbie's resignation from cabinet in 1968 with Clyde Wells (later to be premier himself) brings this phase to a close.
	www.collectionscanada.ca /canversations/t4-201-e.html (282 words)

	International Oil Spill Conference 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Crosbie was first elected to the Newfoundland House of Assembly in 1966, joining the provincial Liberal cabinet of Premier Joseph Smaliwood as Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
		Crosbie left provincial politics and was elected to the House of Commons in 1976.
		Crosbie was appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada.
	www.iosc.org /crosbie-bio.htm (383 words)

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