Guide to Canadian Ministries since Confederation

The Ministries

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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
Name	Service 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. Bennet 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.