— As the son of retired political heavyweight John Crosbie, Ches Crosbie presents Newfoundlanders and Labradorians with a familiar name as he seeks to become the province’s next premier in the May 16 election. But the Tory leader is not the only Progressive Conservative hopeful from the storied family — his sister Beth Crosbie is running for the party in a neighbouring district in the provincial capital. Beth said she’s been impressed watching her older brother, a lawyer who became party leader a year ago, step into public life. While Ches is touring the province, Beth has been focusing her efforts on door-knocking in her district of Virginia Waters-Pleasantville. But despite her front row seat growing up, Beth Crosbie didn’t always aspire to politics.

Source: National Post May 12, 2019 19:07 UTC