Steven Marshall Crabb (born 15 January 1943) is a former Australian politician. He was born in

Arbroath Arbroath () or Aberbrothock ( gd, Obar Bhrothaig ) is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the council area of Angus, Scotland, with a population of 23,902. It lies on the North Sea coast some ENE of Dundee and SSW of Aberdeen. The ...

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, the son of Steven Crabb, an

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warrant officer, and Gertrude. He attended local state schools and joined the Labour Party, of which he was an office-bearer. He emigrated to Australia in June 1966, joining the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society as joint assistant actuary in 1972. He joined the Labor Party and was a member of the federal executive of the Australian Insurance Employees Union from 1966 to 1970 and from 1972 to 1976, serving as vice-president for the latter period. In 1976 he was elected to the

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as the member for Knox. He was promoted to the ministry in 1982 as Minister for Transport, adding Industrial Affairs in 1983. In 1985 he became Minister for Employment and Industrial Affairs, subsequently moving to Labour (1986–88), Police and Emergency Services (1987–90), Tourism (1988–92), Conservation and Environment (1990–92) and Water Resources (1992). He retired from politics in 1992.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Crabb, Steve 1943 births Living people People from Arbroath Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Scottish emigrants to Australia