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John C. Crosbie

The Honourable
John Crosbie
PC, OC, ONL, QC
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Crosbie in 2010
Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador
In office
February 4, 2008 – March 19, 2013
Monarch Elizabeth II
Governor General Michaëlle Jean
David Johnston
Premier Danny Williams
Kathy Dunderdale
Preceded by Edward Roberts
Succeeded by Frank Fagan
Member of Parliament
for St. John's West
In office
October 18, 1976 – October 25, 1993
Preceded by Walter C. Carter
Succeeded by Jean Payne
Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for St. John's West
In office
September 8, 1966 – September 4, 1976
Preceded by William G. Adams
Succeeded by Hubert Kitchen
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
In office
April 21, 1991 – June 24, 1993
Preceded by Bernard Valcourt
Succeeded by Ross Reid
Minister of International Trade
In office
March 31, 1988 – April 20, 1991
Preceded by Pat Carney
Succeeded by Michael Wilson
Minister of Transport
In office
June 30, 1986 – March 30, 1988
Preceded by Don Mazankowski
Succeeded by Benoît Bouchard
Minister of Justice
In office
September 17, 1984 – June 29, 1986
Preceded by Donald Johnston
Succeeded by Ray Hnatyshyn
Minister of Finance
In office
June 4, 1979 – March 3, 1980
Preceded by Jean Chrétien
Succeeded by Allan MacEachen
Personal details
Born John Carnell Crosbie
(1931-01-30) January 30, 1931 (age 86)
St. John's, Newfoundland
Political party Conservative,
Progressive Conservative (1969-2003)
Liberal (1966-1969)
Spouse(s) Jane Ellen Furneaux
Profession Lawyer, Politician
Religion United Church

John Carnell Crosbie, PC, OC, ONL, QC (born January 30, 1931) is a retired provincial and federal politician who served as the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Crosbie has served as a provincial Cabinet minister under premiers Joey Smallwood and Frank Moores as well as a federal Cabinet minister during the governments of Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney.

Crosbie ran unsuccessfully for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1969, losing to Smallwood, and was also a candidate in the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada's 1983 leadership election, placing third. As a Cabinet minister under Mulroney, Crosbie was known to be outspoken and controversial.

Born in pre-Confederation St. John's Newfoundland, he is the son of Chesley Crosbie and the grandson of Sir John Chalker Crosbie, both prominent businessmen. His father was leader of the Economic Union Party in the 1940s and a leading opponent of the campaign for Newfoundland to join Canadian Confederation.


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