John Alexander Craig

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

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

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| name = John Alexander Craig

| image =

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| office1 = Ontario MPP

| term_start1 = 1934

| term_end1 = 1937

| predecessor1 = New riding

| successor1 = George Doucett

| constituency1 = Lanark

| term_start2 = 1929

| term_end2 = 1934

| predecessor2 = Thomas Alfred Thompson

| successor2 = Riding abolished

| constituency2 = Lanark North

| party = Conservative

| birth_date = {{birth date|1880|3|26}}

| birth_place = White, Ontario

| death_date = {{death date and age|1968|11|20|1880|3|26}}

| death_place = Renfrew, Ontario

| occupation =

| spouse = {{nowrap|Alberta Olive Stewart (m. 1904)}}

| children =

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John Alexander Craig (March 26, 1880 – November 20, 1968) was a political figure in Ontario. He represented Lanark North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1929 to 1937 as a Conservative member.

Craig was born in White in Lanark County,{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1931 |year=1931 |page=488 |url=https://archive.org/details/canadianparliame1931unse/mode/2up |last=Normandin |first=A L|publisher=Ottawa |isbn=978-1-4144-0141-6 }} 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{{cite web|url=http://www.county.lanark.on.ca/Page1509.aspx |title=Past Wardens |publisher=Lanark County |accessdate=2011-06-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615063637/http://www.county.lanark.on.ca/Page1509.aspx |archivedate=2011-06-15 }} He died in 1968 and was buried at Hillcrest Union Cemetery, in Calabogie, Ontario.{{cite web |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~murrayp/renfrew/madawask/hillun/craig2.jpg |title=Gravestone of John Alexander Craig |publisher=Northeastern Ontario Gravemarker Gallery |location=Hillcrest Union Cemetery, in Calabogie, Ontario |access-date=2013-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819010847/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~murrayp/renfrew/madawask/hillun/craig2.jpg |archive-date=2016-08-19 |url-status=dead }}