Jack Mitchell Crawford (1 March 1916 – 18 August 1982) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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to overseer Alexander Crawford and Ethel Mallam. He was a stock worker at

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, and from 1939 to 1945 served in the AIF, attaining the rank of

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. On his return he moved to

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. In 1941 he had married Joan Brooks; they had three daughters. A member of the Country Party, he was on the party council from 1959 to 1977, the central executive from 1959 to 1971, and was vice-chairman from 1962 to 1963. He was briefly a member of the

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, serving from February to April 1970. Crawford died at

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in 1982.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Crawford, Jack 1916 births 1982 deaths National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council 20th-century Australian politicians Australian Army personnel of World War II Australian Army officers