Mike Crawley
{{Short description|Canadian businessman and politician}}
{{about-otherpeople|the Canadian politician|Michael Crawley}}
Mike Crawley is a Canadian businessman and politician.
Career
Crawley is from the Ottawa region. On January 14, 2012, he was elected president of the Liberal Party of Canada for a two-year term,{{cite news|last=Mas|first=Susana|title=Liberals choose renewal in electing Crawley|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberals-choose-renewal-in-electing-crawley-1.1220395|accessdate=May 6, 2018|publisher=CBC News|date=January 15, 2012}} defeating former Member of Parliament Sheila Copps by 26 votes.{{cite news|last=Taber|first=Jane|title=Narrowly spurned by Liberals, Sheila Copps throws in the towel|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/narrowly-spurned-by-liberals-sheila-copps-throws-in-the-towel/article2304991/|accessdate=January 17, 2012|newspaper=Globe and Mail|date=January 17, 2012}} Crawley was previously president of the federal party's Ontario wing.{{cite news|last=Fitzpatrick|first=Meagan|title=Copps, Crawley battle for Liberal presidency|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/copps-crawley-battle-for-liberal-presidency-1.1129263|accessdate=January 17, 2012|publisher=CBC News|date=January 17, 2012}}
From 2002 to 2009, Crawley was CEO of AIM PowerGen Corporation, a wind and solar power developer, owner and operator {{cite news|title=AIM PowerGen Announces Official Commissioning Of Wind Projects In Ontario|url=http://www.supplypost.com/Construction-Equipment-News-Article.aspx?ID=136|accessdate=January 17, 2012|newspaper=Supply Post|date=2010}} until International Power Inc. acquired it in 2009.{{cite news|title=AIM PowerGen Corporation acquired by International Power|url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/506315/aim-powergen-corporation-acquired-by-international-power|accessdate=January 17, 2012|newspaper=Canada NewsWire|date=September 30, 2009}} Crawley continued as President of International Power Canada and, its successor, GDF Suez Canada until 2014.
Previously he worked in senior roles for Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.{{cite web |title=Northland Power Inc (NPI:TSX) |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=30214658&privcapId=881409 |website=www.bloomberg.com |accessdate=14 January 2019}}
Crawley was president and CEO of Northland Power between 2018-2024, having joined the company's Executive team in 2015. On March 25, 2024, Northland Power announced that Crawley and Northland's Board of Directors "have agreed to a change in leadership for the Company" and that Crawley will step down from his position effective September 30, 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-25 |title=Northland Power Announces President and Chief Executive Officer Leadership Transition |url=https://www.northlandpower.com/en/news/northland-power-announces-president-and-chief-executive-officer-leadership-transition.aspx |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=www.northlandpower.com |language=en}}
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Category:Canadian chief executives
Category:Canadian company founders
Category:Canadian political consultants
Category:Businesspeople from Toronto
Category:Presidents of the Liberal Party of Canada
Category:Ontario provincial political party presidents
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