Neil Stanley Crawford (May 26, 1931 – August 25, 1992) was apolitician andjazzmusician fromAlberta, Canada.

Neil Crawford was born inPrince Albert, Saskatchewan. He married Catherine May Hughes September 3, 1951, graduated from theUniversity of Saskatchewan Law School in 1954, and practiced law inEdmonton, Alberta during the 1950s and 1960s, before becoming involved in politics. Crawford served as anAlderman for the city of Edmonton from 1966–1971.

Crawford was actively involved with federal politics. He served as an executive assistant to Prime MinisterJohn Diefenbaker between 1961 and 1963, and served as Young Progressive Conservative Association President from 1963 to 1964.

He had a jazz band composed of provincial MLAs called the Tory Blue Notes, and playedtrumpet.

Crawford was elected to theLegislative Assembly of Alberta for the first time in the1971 Alberta general election for the new district ofEdmonton-Parkallen. He served a total of five terms from 1971 to 1989 for theProgressive 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 withLou Gehrig's disease (also known as ALS). He served out the rest of his term and retired in 1989.

He died on August 25, 1992, of ALS in Edmonton.^[1] The Neil Crawford Centre, a Government of Alberta office complex in south Edmonton, is named in his honour. The Edmonton subdivision ofCrawford Plains, Edmonton, as well as the Crawford Plains Elementary School are also named for him.

• Tribute to Neil Crawford Legislative Assembly of Alberta Hansard September 21, 1992

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