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This article is about the New South Wales Senior Crown Prosecutor. For the senator, see Thomas Crawford (Australian politician).
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Thomas Simpson Crawford

Thomas Simpson Crawford

QC, (21 December 1875 – 20 April 1976) was an Australian politician and New South Wales
Senior Crown Prosecutor.

Biography

Born and raised in

Sydney Boys' High School,[2] and the Cooerwull Academy at Bowenfels,[3] and eventually graduated from the University of Sydney with a BA and MA. Ordained a Minister in 1902, Crawford was based in Newcastle and Campsie
before he had a calling of a different kind and resigned from the ministry to enter politics.

Crawford contested the federal

Nationalist Party of Australia. Crawford was defeated at the 1917 election by his Labor opponent.[4]

During his time in parliament, Crawford studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1912 and was appointed a Crown Prosecutor in 1917. In 1922 he authored Crawford's Proof in Criminal Cases, a treatise on crime still widely referred to in the Australian legal community.[5]

Promoted to Metropolitan Crown Prosecutor in 1930 and appointed King's Counsel in 1935, Crawford was made Senior Crown Prosecutor in 1940.[5]

Following his retirement in 1947, Crawford continued to act in various prosecutions and advised on legal issues in Nauru and the Solomon Islands.[5] Crawford died in Newcastle, aged 100, outliving his wife by 38 years.

Personal life

Crawford's brother James Crawford was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1909 to 1915.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "BULLI - Schools and Colleges - Bulli Public School", Wollongong City Library [1]. Accessed 9 October 2006
  2. ^ "Members of parliament and legislatures" (PDF). Sydney High School Old Boys Union. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  3. ^ Australian Dictionary of Biography: Crawford, Thomas Simpson (1875 - 1976) (accessed:04-08-2007)
  4. ^ Carr, A. Adam Carr's Election Archive [2]. Accessed 9 October 2006.
  5. ^ a b c Tedeschi, M. "History of the New South Wales Crown Prosecutors 1901 - 1986", Forbes Flyer, Autumn 2006, Issue 11, Francis Forbes Society for Australian Legal History.
  6. ^ "Mr Thomas Simpson Crawford". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for Marrickville
1910 – 1917 		Succeeded by
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