Premier Offers Condolences to Family of Lloyd Roseville Crouse

Premier Rodney MacDonald is offering the province's condolences to the family of the late Lloyd Crouse, who died Saturday, April 28, in Lunenburg. He was 88.

"Mr. Crouse spent decades of his life in public service and, prior to that, he served his country through the Royal Canadian Air Force in the Second World War. This former businessman, politician and lieutenant governor will be remembered as an elected representative devoted to his South Shore constituents, province and country, as well as a loving family man," said Premier MacDonald.

Mr. Crouse was first elected to the House of Commons for Queens-Lunenburg in 1957. The constituency was renamed South Shore in 1968, where he served until his retirement from parliament two decades later in 1988. He ran and won in 11 consecutive federal election campaigns. Mr. Crouse served as Nova Scotia's lieutenant-governor from 1989 to 1994. He was appointed to the Queen's Privy Council in 1985 by then-prime minister Brian Mulroney and received the Order of Nova Scotia in 2002.

"On behalf of the people of Nova Scotia, I thank his wife Marion and their family for sharing him with his beloved province and country in both military and public service for so many decades of his life," Premier MacDonald said.

The flags at Province House in Halifax have been lowered to half-mast in honour of his contributions.