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Steven Marshall Crabb (born 15 January 1943) is an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1976 until 1992, representing the electorate of Knox. A senior minister during the Cain and Kirner governments, he served in a wide range of portfolios, including including transport and industrial affairs (1983-1985), labour (1985-1986), police and emergency services (1987-1990), tourism (1988-1992), conservation (1990-1992), and water resources (1992).

Crabb was born at Arbroath in Scotland. He attended Forres Academy and Arbroath high school, and studied to be an actuary through correspondence. He worked in a tin can factory and an insurance company, and was a member of t he Labour Party in the United Kingdom before immigrating to Australia in 1965. He began working for the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society, and was a joint assistant actuary at the time of his election to parliament. He served on the federal executive of the the Australian Insurance Employees Union from 1966 to 1970, and was vice-president of the union from 1972 to 1976.

Crabb was elected to the Legislative Assembly at the 1976 state election, winning the new seat of Knox. He rose quickly in the party, and was promoted to the shadow ministry in 1977, taking on economic planning, transport and federal affairs after a brief stint in the public works portfolio. He was also instrumental in the Labor response to the Hamer government's land deals scandal in 1977-1978.

- transport plan/transport administration 1982 - BLF - 1987 - laws discriminating against women - nurses strike

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Labor won office at the 1983 state election, and Crabb became Minister for Transport and Minister for Industrial Affairs in the new government. He subsequently served as Minister for Employment and Industrial Affairs (1985-1986), Labor (1986-1988), Police and Emergency Services (1987-1990), Tourism (1988-1992), Conservation and Environment (1990-1992), and Water Resources (1992). Crabb retired at the 1992 state election.