Charles A. Crosby Explained

Charles A. Crosby
Mayor of Yarmouth
Term Start:	1988
Term End:	2008
Predecessor:	Marjorie McEachern
Successor:	Phil Mooney
Birth Date:	31 October 1937
Birth Place:	Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Party:	Progressive Conservative

Charles A. (Tick) Crosby (born October 31, 1937) is a former mayor of the town of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. He served from 1988 to 2008 and in 2004, he was also President of the Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities.

Political career

Crosby was first elected to Town Council in 1968 and was first elected as Mayor in 1988. During his early years in office, the town was experiencing a difficult time economically as it lost its largest employer, Dominion Textiles and in 1990 the Canadian National Railway ceased to operate. Crosby responded by advancing a plan to bring jobs to the town by turning the closed Rio Algom tin mine into a home for Halifax Regional Municipality's waste, but the plan met strong opposition from environmentalists. Since then, the centre of town was refurbished and the area became centered on the tourist trade.

Notable accomplishments during Crosby's tenure as mayor included the construction of Mariners Centre arena, revitalization of the waterfront, improvements to the water and wastewater treatment systems, development of Starrs Road as a commercial district, and the construction of a new Town Hall.

He was defeated in the 2008 municipal election by Phil Mooney.^[1] On February 13, 2009, a tribute dinner was held for Crosby, where he was given a key to the town and Brooklyn Street was renamed Charles Crosby Drive.^[2]

On April 29, 2010, Crosby announced that he would run for the Progressive Conservative nomination for the provincial byelection in the electoral district of Yarmouth.^[3] On May 29, 2010, he won the nomination,^[4] but he was defeated in the byelection held on June 22, 2010, finishing second to Liberal Zach Churchill.^[5] ^[6]

In 2012, Crosby ran again for mayor in the Nova Scotia municipal elections but he finished second with 23 percent of the vote.^[7]

Notes and References

Web site: Mooney takes the mayor's seat; 3 incumbents lose. The Vanguard. October 19, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20120306013825/http://www.thevanguard.ca/News/Politics/2008-10-19/article-608557/Mooney-takes-the-mayors-seat%3B-3-incumbents-lose/1. March 6, 2012. 2023-03-03.
Web site: Sweet surprises for former mayor. The Vanguard. February 17, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20120306013849/http://www.thevanguard.ca/Living/Education/2009-02-17/article-607614/Sweet-surprises-for-former-mayor/1. March 6, 2012. 2023-03-03.
Web site: Charles Crosby seeking PC nomination. The Vanguard. April 29, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20141109114001/http://www.thevanguard.ca/News/Regional/2010-04-29/article-1044593/Charles-Crosby-seeking-PC-nomination-/1. November 9, 2014. 2023-03-03.
Web site: Charles Crosby gets Yarmouth P.C. nomination. The Vanguard. May 29, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171644/http://www.thevanguard.ca/News/2010-05-29/article-1192330/Charles-Crosby-gets-Yarmouth-P.C.-nomination/1. March 3, 2016. 2023-03-03.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/liberals-win-2-n-s-byelections-1.943743 "Liberals win 2 N.S. byelections"
Web site: P.C. candidate calls it political career. The Vanguard. June 22, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20141109104916/http://www.thevanguard.ca/News/2010-06-22/article-1408275/Charles-Crosby-places-second/1. November 9, 2014. 2023-03-03.
Web site: Town's in the Mood. The Vanguard. October 20, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031403/http://www.thevanguard.ca/News/2012-10-20/article-3104094/Towns-in-the-Mood/1. March 4, 2016. 2023-03-03.