Hugh Powell Crosby

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Hugh Powell Crosby

| image = HughPowellCrosby23.jpg

| imagesize = 200px

| caption =

| office = Member of Provincial Parliament

| term_start = 1867

| term_end = 1874

| predecessor = Riding established

| successor = John Lane

| constituency = York East

| party = Liberal

| birth_date = {{birth date|1829|01|29}}

| birth_place = Markham, Upper Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|1905|01|08|1829|01|29}}

| death_place = Toronto, Ontario

| residence = Unionville, Ontario

| occupation =

| spouse = Harriet Newell White (married 1854).

}}

Hugh Powell Crosby (January 29, 1829 – January 8, 1905) was an Ontario political figure. He represented York East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1867 to 1874.

He was born in Markham in Upper Canada in 1829 to Chauncey Crosby and Polly Detweiler (Miller) Crosby and educated there. He served as clerk and treasurer of Markham Township for 10 years. He was also captain in the local militia. He married Harriet Newell White (1834 - 1908), on August 9, 1854. They had a daughter Mary Gertrude Crosby (1869–1941) who married John Crosby Jenkins, and at his death, 5 other siblings.

He died at Toronto General Hospital (Gerrard Street East) following a stroke, and eventually interred at St. James Cemetery (Toronto).