Liberal Party of Canada leadership convention, 1984

Liberal Party of Canada leadership convention, 1984

Canadian politics/leadership race
party = Liberal
year = 1984

date = June 16, 1984
location = Ottawa
winner = John Turner
replaces = Pierre Trudeau
numcands = 7
entryfee =
spendc

A Liberal Party of Canada leadership convention was called for June 16, 1984, to replace retiring Liberal leader and sitting Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. The convention elected former Finance Minster John Turner, who at the time was not sitting in the House of Commons, as its leader on the second ballot, defeating another former finance minister, Jean Chrétien.

Candidates

Jean Chrétien

Chrétien, MP for Saint-Maurice, was Minister of State for Social Development and Minister Responsible for constitutional negotiations, playing a significant role in the patriation of the Constitution of Canada, and he had previously served in many other senior portfolios, including a time as Minister of Finance.
*Supporters in caucus (1 MP): Bud Cullen.

Don Johnston

Johnston, MP for Westmount, was President of the Treasury Board and in several other positions and served in several other positions.
*Supporters in caucus (4 MPs, 1 Senator): Jack Burghardt, James Fleming, Bryce Mackasey, Raymond Savard and Sen. Gildas Molgat.

Mark MacGuigan

MacGuigan, long-serving MP from Windsor-Walkerville, was the Minister of Justice and was a former Minister of External Affairs.

John Munro

Munro, a long-serving MP from Hamilton East, was Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.


= John Roberts =

Roberts, MP for St. Paul's, was Minister of Employment and Immigration.

John Turner

Turner, former MP for Ottawa-Orleans, resigned as Minister of Finance and 1975, and was a corporate lawyer on Bay Street until his return to politics in 1984. Turner had run for the leadership previously in 1968, placing third on the final ballot.
*Supporters in caucus (3 MPs): Transport Minister Lloyd Axworthy, Solicitor-General Robert Kaplan, International Trade Minister Gerald Regan.

Eugene Whelan

Whelan, MP for Essex-Windsor, was Minister of Agriculture.


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