Lloyd Crouse

The Honourable
Lloyd Crouse
PC ONS
The Honourable Lloyd Crouse PC ONS
28th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
	In office; February 20, 1989 – June 23, 1994
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governors General	Jeanne Sauvé; Ray Hnatyshyn
Premier	John Buchanan; Roger S. Bacon; Don W. Cameron; John Savage;
Preceded by	Alan Abraham
Succeeded by	James Kinley
Member of Parliament; for South Shore; (Queens—Lunenburg; 1957–1968)
	In office; June 10, 1957 – November 21, 1988
Preceded by	Robert Henry Winters
Succeeded by	Peter McCreath
Personal details
Born	Lloyd Roseville Crouse; November 19, 1918; Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Died	April 28, 2007 (aged 88); Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Spouse	Marion Crouse
Profession	Businessman; politician;

Lloyd Roseville Crouse PC ONS (November 19, 1918 – April 28, 2007) was a Canadian businessman, politician and the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.

Early life

Crouse was born in 1918 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. In his youth, Crouse established three fishing companies. During World War II, he served as a pilot with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Political career

Crouse entered politics winning a seat in the House of Commons of Canada as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Queens—Lunenburg, and was re-elected on ten successive occasions. (Beginning with the 1968 election his riding changed to South Shore.)

He chose not to run in the 1988 election, and a few months later was appointed as Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.^[1] He retired from the position in 1994.

Awards and recognition

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In 1985, in honour of his long political service, he was appointed to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, entitling him to use the prenominal title "The Honourable". He received the Order of Nova Scotia in 2002.

Death

In 2007, he died at the age of 88 in his hometown of Lunenburg.^[2]

References

^ "Veteran Tory MP is appointed Nova Scotia Lieutenant-Governor". The Globe and Mail. February 17, 1989.
^ "Former lieutenant-governor Crouse dead at 88". CBC News. April 30, 2007. Retrieved February 8, 2018.

External links

Lloyd Crouse – Parliament of Canada biography

[1] "Veteran Tory MP is appointed Nova Scotia Lieutenant-Governor". The Globe and Mail. February 17, 1989.

[2] "Former lieutenant-governor Crouse dead at 88". CBC News. April 30, 2007. Retrieved February 8, 2018.

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v t e Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
List of lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia
Governors at Annapolis Royal (1710–1749)	Vetch Hobby Caulfeild Nicholson Caulfeild Vetch Caulfeild Philipps Doucett Armstrong Cosby Mascarene
Governors at Halifax (1749–1786)	Cornwallis Hopson Lawrence Ellis Belcher Wilmot W. Campbell Green Francklin Legge Francklin Arbuthnot Hughes Hamond Parr Fanning
Lieutenant-governors of Cape Breton Island (1784–1820)	Desbarres Macarmick Mathews Ogilvie Murray Despard Nepean Swayne Ainslie
Lieutenant-governors of Nova Scotia before responsible government (1786–1848)	Parr Bulkeley Wentworth Prévost (Croke) Sherbrooke Smyth Dalhousie Kempt Jeffrey Maitland Jeffrey C. Campbell Falkland Dickson Harvey
Lieutenant-governors between responsible government and Confederation (1848–1867)	Harvey Bazalgette Le Marchant Phipps Doyle MacDonnell Doyle Williams
Post-Confederation (1867–present)	Williams Doyle Howe Archibald Richey McLelan Daly Jones D. Fraser McGregor MacKeen M. Grant Douglas Tory Stanfield Covert Irwin Mathers Kendall McCurdy A. Fraser Plow MacKeen Oland Gosse Shaffner Abraham Crouse Kinley Freeman Francis J. Grant LeBlanc Savage (designate)
Lieutenant-governors who served in the absence of governors are listed in parentheses. Acting administrators are listed in italics.