John Alexander Craig was a political figure in Ontario

Ontario

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. He represented Lanark North

Lanark North

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 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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 from 1929 to 1937 as a Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

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 member.

He was born in White

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 in Lanark County

Lanark County, Ontario

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, the son of John Craig and May Camelot, and was educated there. In 1904, he married Alberta Olive Stewart. Craig served as reeve of Darling township for 15 years and was warden for Lanark County in 1921.