{{short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder | name = John Alexander Craig | image = | caption = | 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 = }} '''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,<ref name="normandin">{{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 }}</ref> 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<ref name="normandin"/><ref>{{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 }}</ref> He died in 1968 and was buried at Hillcrest Union Cemetery, in Calabogie, Ontario.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
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==External links== *{{OntarioMPPbio|id=john-alexander-craig}}
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