Jason Crummey is a Newfoundland author and writer.

Jason Crummey was born in Old Perlican

Old Perlican, Newfoundland and Labrador

Old Perlican is a fishing village on the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada. Incorporated in 1971, it is one of the oldest fishing communities in Newfoundland, serving as the major fishing station in Trinity Bay for migratory fisherman from England in the 17th...

. He is a grandson of P.W. Crummey who sat at the Newfoundland National Convention

Newfoundland National Convention

The Newfoundland National Convention of 1946 was a forum established to decide the constitutional future of Newfoundland-Nominations:On 11 December 1945 the Government of Britain announced that there would be an election to a National Convention, which would debate constitutional options and make a...

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Crummey graduated from Gonzaga High School

Gonzaga High School

Gonzaga High School is an educational establishment located in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. The school began as a Jesuit sponsored all-boys school from grades 9 to 11...

 and Memorial University of Newfoundland

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Memorial University of Newfoundland, is a comprehensive university located primarily in St...

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He is the author of Pirates of Newfoundland ISBN 0-9739796-0-7, which is a history and folklore of piracy in Newfoundland and Labrador from 1500 to 1763.

Politics

Jason Crummey ran for St. John's City Council

St. John's City Council

St. John's City Council has been the governing body of the city of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Canada since 1888.The city council currently comprises 11 members: the Mayor, the Deputy Mayor and nine councillors, five which represent wards throughout the city and four that are elected at...

 in 1997. He also ran for the leadership of the Green Party of Canada

Green Party of Canada

The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...

 in 1996 and 2003. In 2005, he was the Green party candidate in a Labrador

Labrador (electoral district)

Labrador is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1949....

by-election.