CA-K964Economy & trade

T.A. Crerar, grain trade leader and Progressive

Thomas Alexander Crerar, official portrait, about 1919. CRERAR · Unknown photographer; Library and Archives Canada · Photo source · Photo licence: Public domain. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.

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Thomas Alexander Crerar began as an agrarian reformer at Russell, Manitoba. As head of the Grain Growers’ Grain Company he helped shape Canadian grain marketing, and championing western farmers he led the Progressive movement to great influence in the 1921 election, ending the federal two-party system. He later served in Mackenzie King’s cabinets and was an active Senate leader until 1966.

Scope & context

Crerar as described in his designation.

Sources behind this record

Thomas Alexander Crerar National Historic Person ↗

Parks Canada (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)

Importance; plaque text