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Lynton Keith Crosby (born 1957 in Kadina, South Australia)〔 is an Australian political strategist who has been described as a "master of the dark political arts," "the Wizard of Oz," "the Australian Karl Rove," and "one of the most powerful and influential figures in the (Australian) nation". In the 1980s Crosby advised the Liberal Party of Australia, becoming the political organisation's Deputy Federal Director in 1994 and then Federal Director in 1997, a position he held until 2002. During this time he masterminded successful General Election victories for the former Australian prime minister John Howard, in 1998 and 2001. In 2002 he set up a consulting firm, the Crosby Textor Group, with Australian pollster Mark Textor. Crosby Textor has since run over 250 campaigns in 57 countries. In 2005 he was awarded the Officer in the Order of Australia (AO). In 2005 Crosby managed the Conservative Party's unsuccessful General Election campaign in the United Kingdom securing 33 additional seats, the party's first net gain of seats from the Labour Party in 13 years.〔 He was later hired to run the London Mayoral Campaign in 2008 increasing the Conservative first preference votes from 29% to 43% and electing Boris Johnson as Mayor of London. This success was repeated in 2012 where Boris Johnson was re-elected with 44% of the first preference votes. In March 2009 it was announced that Crosby would direct the Europe-wide Libertas campaign for the June 2009 European Parliament elections.〔(Australian strategist to lead Libertas campaign. ) Irish Times, 24 March 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2009.〕 Despite running 600 candidates, the movement only managed to get one MEP elected, and folded shortly after. On 18 November 2012 Lynton Crosby was appointed as a campaign consultant by the British Conservative Party for the 2015 General Election. In 2015, Crosby was brought in to help the Conservative Party of Canada which was in a tight three way race. Crosby's tactics, known as the "dead cat" strategy and "dog whistle politics" backfired. As a result, on October 19, 2015 the Canadian people ousted the Conservatives and elected an unexpected Liberal majority. The Liberal Party's increase of 150 seats from the previous election was the largest-ever numerical increase by a party in a Canadian election. ==Early life and career== Crosby grew up in a rural area of South Australia, where his father worked as a farmer and an arts and crafts shop owner.〔 He earned a degree in economics from the University of Adelaide.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lynton Crosby」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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