Guide to Canadian Ministries since Confederation

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Twenty-Third Ministry

Liberal 1
30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

Prime Minister
Right Honourable John Napier Turner

The Ministry
Position Title
NameService Date /
Termination Date
Minister of Agriculture
Hon. Ralph Ferguson 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

Minister of Communications
Hon. Edward Lumley 2 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs
Hon. Judy Erola 3 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

Minister of State for Economic and Regional Development4
Hon. André Ouellet 5 30 June 1984 - 1 Sept. 1984

Minister of Employment and Immigration
Hon. John Roberts 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources
Hon. Gerald A. Regan 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

Minister of the Environment
Hon. Charles L. Caccia 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

Secretary of State for External Affairs
Hon. Jean Chrétien 6 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

Minister for External Relations
Vacant 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

Minister of Finance
Hon. Marc Lalonde 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
Hon. Herb Breau 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Hon. Douglas Cockburn Frith 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

Minister for International Trade
Hon. Francis Fox 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

Minister of Justice and Attorney General
Hon. Donald Johnston 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

Minister of Labour
Hon. André Ouellet 5 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

Leader of the Government in the Senate
Hon. Allan Joseph MacEachen 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

Associate Minister of National Defence
Vacant 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

Minister of National Defence
Hon. Jean-Jacques Blais 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

Minister of National Health and Welfare
Hon. Monique Bégin 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

Minister of National Revenue
Hon. Roy MacLaren 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

President of the Privy Council
Hon. André Ouellet 5 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

Minister of Public Works
Hon. Charles Lapointe 7 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion
Hon. Edward Lumley 2 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

Minister of State for Science and Technology
Hon. Edward Lumley 2 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

Secretary of State of Canada
Hon. Serge Joyal 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

Minister of State for Social Development8
Hon. Judy Erola 3 30 June 1984 - 1 Sept. 1984

Solicitor General of Canada
Hon. Robert Phillip Kaplan 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

Minister of Supply and Services
Hon. Charles Lapointe 7 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

Minister of Transport
Hon. Lloyd Axworthy 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

President of the Treasury Board
Hon. Herbert Eser Gray 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

Minister of Veterans Affairs
Hon. W. Bennett Campbell 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

Footnotes

  • [1] On June 30, 1984 Trudeau resigned as Prime Minister and the Twenty-Third Ministry assumed office. It was composed of 29 ministers.
  • [2] Lumley was appointed Minister of Communications, Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion and Minister of State for Science and Technology.
  • [3] Erola was appointed Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs and Minister of State for Social Development.
  • [4] The existence of the Ministry of State for Economic and Regional Development was terminated effective September 1, 1984 by proclamation.
  • [5] Ouellet was appointed Minister of State for Economic and Regional Development, Minister of Labour and President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.
  • [6] Chrétien was also given the title "Deputy Prime Minister".
  • [7] Lapointe was appointed Minister of Public Works and Minister of Supply and Services.
  • [8] The existence of the Ministry of State for Social Development was terminated effective September 1, 1984 by proclamation.

The Canadian Ministry was prepared using an earlier publication (Guide to Canadian Ministries since Confederation) and new information compiled by the Orders in Council Division of the Privy Council Office. Any inaccuracy should be brought to the attention of Chantal Chauvet at chantal.chauvet@pco-bcp.gc.ca.