- Fred Mifflin
Fred J. Mifflin, PC , CD (born
February 6 1938 ) is a retiredRear Admiral in theCanadian Forces and a former politician.After retiring from 32 years of service in the
Royal Canadian Navy , Mifflin entered politics and was elected to theCanadian House of Commons in the 1988 election. Mifflin became the LiberalMember of Parliament (MP) for theNewfoundland and Labrador riding ofBonavista-Trinity-Conception .After the Liberals came to power under the leadership of
Jean Chrétien in the 1993 election, Mifflin was appointedparliamentary secretary to the ministers of national defence and veterans affairs on the same day his first granddaughter was born.In 1996, he was appointed to the
Canadian Cabinet as Minister of Fisheries and Oceans. In a 1997cabinet shuffle , he was appointed Minister of Veterans Affairs and Secretary of State for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. Mifflin decided that he wasn't going to run in the next general election, and was dropped from Cabinet in August 1999. He did not run for re-election in the 2000 election.He supported
Stéphane Dion for the leadership of the Liberal Party. [ [http://stephanedion.ca/?q=en/News-061020Team Liberal Party of Canada ] ]References
External links
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?Language=E&query=205&s=M Federal Political Biography from the Library of Parliament]
* [http://stephanedion.ca/?q=en/News-061020Team=Prominent Liberals Continue to Join the Dion Team]###@@@KEY@@@###ministry box cabinet posts 2
post2=Minister of Veterans Affairs
post2years=1997–1999
post2note=
post2preceded=Doug Young
post2followed=George Bakerpost1=Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
post1years=1996–1997
post1note=
post1preceded=Brian Tobin
post1followed=David Anderson
s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament fromBonavista—Trinity—Conception
years=1988–2000
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