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Twenty-Third Ministry

LIBERAL[1]
30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984

PRIME MINISTER
The Right Honourable John Napier Turner

THE MINISTRY

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 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
 
Secretary of State for External Affairs
Hon. Jean Chrétien[4] 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984
 
Minister for External Relations
Vacant 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984
 
Minister for International Trade
Hon. Francis Fox 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984
 
Minister of the Environment
Hon. Charles L. Caccia 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 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
 
Minister of National Defence
Hon. Jean-Jacques Blais 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984
 
Associate Minister of National Defence
Vacant 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[6] 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[8] 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984
 
Secretary of State of Canada
Hon. Serge Joyal 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984
 
Minister of State for Economic and Regional Development[9]
Hon. André Ouellet[10] 30 June 1984 - -1 Sept. 1984
 
Minister of State for Social Development[11]
Hon. Judy Erola[12] 30 June 1984 - 1 Sept. 1984
 
Minister of State for Science and Technology
Hon. Edward Lumley[13] 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984
 
Leader of the Government in the Senate
Hon. Allan Joseph MacEachen 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984
 
Solicitor General of Canada
Hon. Robert Phillip Kaplan 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984
 
Minister of Supply and Services
Hon. Charles Lapointe[14] 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. Bennet Campbell 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984
 
Ministers of State
Hon. David Collenette (Multiculturalism)[15] 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984
Hon. David Paul Smith (Small Businesses and Tourism)[16] 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984
Hon. William Rompkey (Transport)[17] 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984
Hon. Joseph Roger Remi Bujold (Regional Development)[18] 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984
Hon. Jean-C. Lapierre (Youth) (Fitness and Amateur Sport)[19] 30 June 1984 - 16 Sept. 1984



[1] On 30 June 1984 Trudeau resigned as Prime Minister and the Twenty-Third Ministry assumed office. It was composed of 29 ministers.

[2] Lumley was also Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion and Minister of State for Science and Technology.

[3] Erola was also Minister of State for Social Development.

[4] Chrétien was also given the title "Deputy Prime Minister".

[5] Ouellet was also President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of State for Economic and Regional Development.

[6] Ouellet was also Minister of' Labour and Minister of State for Economic and Regional Development.

[7] Lapointe was also Minister of Supply and Services.

[8] Lumley was also Minister of Communications and Minister of State for Science and Technology.

[9] The existence of the Ministry of State for Economic and Regional Development was terminated effective 1 Sept. 1984 by proclamation.

[10] Ouellet was also President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Labour.

[11] The existence of the Ministry of State for Social Development was terminated effective 1 Sept. 1984 by proclamation.

[12] Erola was also Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs.

[13] Lumley was also Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion and Minister of Communications.

[14] Lapointe was also Minister of Public Works.

[15] Collenette retained the office he held in the previous Ministry.

[16] Smith retained the office he held in the previous Ministry.

[17] Rompkey was assigned by Order in Council P.C. 1984-2435, a Minister of State, to assist the Minister of Transport in respect of matters relating to transport.

[18] Bujold was assigned by Order in Council P.C. 1984-2436 of 30 June 1984, a Minister of State, to assist the Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion in respect of matters relating to regional development.

[19] Lapierre was assigned by Order in Council P.C. 1984-2437 of 30 June 1984, a Minister of State, to assist the Minister of Employment and Immigration and the Secretary of State of Canada in the carrying out of their responsibilities relating to the youth of Canada. He was further assigned by Order in Council P.C. 1984-2438 of 30 June 1984, a Minister of State, to assist the Minister of National Health and Welfare in the carrying out of the latter's responsibilities in respect of Fitness and Amateur Sport. He was given the title "Minister of State (Youth) (Fitness and Amateur Sport)".

 

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