Mike Crawley is a Canadian entrepreneur, renewable energy executive, and former President of the Liberal Party of Canada. [2] He is rumoured to be considering running for leader of the Ontario Liberal Party. [3]
Mike Crawley is a Canadian entrepreneur, renewable energy executive, and former President of the Liberal Party of Canada. [2] He is rumoured to be considering running for leader of the Ontario Liberal Party. [3]
Mike’s parents emigrated from Scotland in the 1960s. His dad found a job as a public servant [4] , and his mom as a teacher.
Mike and his brother grew up in a comfortable home, in a middle-class Ottawa neighbourhood.
After graduating from Nepean High School [5] , Mike earned a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Western University before moving to Toronto.
Today, he lives in Toronto’s Parkdale–High Park neighbourhood with his wife, Heather, a marketing consultant. They have two daughters and a Labradoodle named Barry.
In the 90s, Mike began his private-sector career at CIBC, where he was at the forefront of the digital revolution, developing new banking and payment systems for small businesses.
In 2002, believing that renewable energy was the future, he traded the security of the corporate world for the challenge of entrepreneurship, co-founding AIM [6] Power Generation. As CEO, he helped pioneer the industry, building one of Ontario’s very first large-scale renewable energy developers.
His leadership reached a global scale in 2018 when he was appointed CEO of Northland Power. Under his watch, he transformed a Canadian firm into a worldwide powerhouse, expanding operations across North America, Europe, and Asia. On March 25, 2024, Northland Power announced that Crawley and Northland's Board of Directors "have agreed to a change in leadership for the Company" and that Crawley stepped down from his position effective September 30, 2024. [7]
Today he serves in senior board roles across the energy, infrastructure, and clean-technology sectors.
In November 2025, it was reported that Crawley has begun assembling a team and is considering running for leader of the Ontario Liberal Party. [8] [9] [10]
Mike’s journey with the Liberal Party began in 1984, in the wake of a historic defeat. At just 15 years old, he saw a party that stood for opportunity—a place where both newcomers and multi-generational Canadians belonged.
He then joined the Ottawa West federal riding association and began a streak that continues to this day: knocking on doors in his local riding during every single election.
As a student at Western University, Mike served as President of the Western Young Liberals and Campus Club Director of the Ontario Young Liberals, working on the front lines of leadership campaigns. His passion for the impact politics can have, led him to Queen’s Park where he worked for Ontario Liberal Leader Lyn McLeod, and later, to Parliament Hill to work alongside federal MPs.
In 2012, following another devastating electoral loss, Mike stepped forward to serve as President of the Liberal Party of Canada. In January, 2012, he was elected president of the Liberal Party of Canada for a two-year term, [11] defeating former Deputy Prime Minister Sheila Copps by 26 votes. [2] He helped spearhead a significant organizational rebuilding of the party, modernizing its structures and re-engaging the grassroots from coast to coast. Crawley was previously president of the federal party's Ontario wing. [12]
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