Mandatory Credit: Photo by Canadian Press/REX (10522505a) Ches Crosbie, leader of the Provincial Progressive Conservative party and his sister Beth Crosbie, who is running for the PC Seat in Virginia Waters-Pleasantville pose with their parents Jane and John in St.John's on Sunday, May 12, 2019. John Crosbie, politician, Canada John Crosbie, a former federal cabinet minister and lieutenant-governor of Newfoundland and Labrador who was known as much for his sharp wit as for his politics, has died at the age of 88.