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1984 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election

Party election in Canada

Field	Value
election_name	1984 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election
country	Canada
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_year	[1968](1968-liberal-party-of-canada-leadership-election)
[1980](1980-liberal-party-of-canada-leadership-election)
next_year	[1990](1990-liberal-party-of-canada-leadership-election)
election_date	June 16, 1984
1blank	Second ballot delegate count
2blank	First ballot delegate count
image_size	x160px
image1	John Turner, 1987 (cropped).jpg
colour1
candidate1	John Turner
1data1	**1,862
(53.9%)**
2data1	**1,539
(46.3%)**
image2	Jean Chrétien pictured in Ottawa, 1979 (cropped).jpg
colour2
candidate2	Jean Chrétien
1data2	1,398
(40.5%)
2data2	1,067
(31.0%)
image4	DonaldJohnston (cropped).jpg
colour4
candidate4	Don Johnston
1data4	192
(5.6%)
2data4	278
(8.1%)
image5	LIB
colour5
candidate5	John Roberts
1data5	Withdrew
2data5	185
(5.4%)
title	Leader
before_election	Pierre Trudeau
after_election	John Turner

1980

(53.9%)** (46.3%)**

(40.5%) (31.0%)

(5.6%) (8.1%)

(5.4%)

year = 1984

The Liberal Party of Canada held a leadership election on June 16, 1984, to replace retiring Liberal leader and sitting prime minister Pierre Trudeau. The convention elected former finance minister 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

Declared

Jean Chrétien

Jean Chrétien, 50, MP for Saint-Maurice since 1963, was minister of energy and had been minister of justice responsible for constitutional negotiations, playing a significant role in the patriation of the Constitution of Canada. First appointed to Cabinet by Lester Pearson in 1967, he had served in several senior portfolios under Trudeau, including minister of finance.

Supporters in caucus (6 MPs): Charles Caccia (Davenport), Roland de Corneille (Eglinton—Lawrence), Bud Cullen (Sarnia—Lambton), David Collenette (York East), Jean-Robert Gauthier (Ottawa—Vanier), Roméo LeBlanc (Westmorland—Kent)

Don Johnston

Don Johnston, 47, MP for Saint-Henri—Westmount in Montreal since 1978, was president of the treasury board, and had served in several other economic portfolios.

Supporters in caucus (4 MPs, 1 Senator): Jack Burghardt (London West), James Fleming (York West), Bryce Mackasey (Lincoln), Raymond Savard (Verdun), Senator Gildas Molgat (Manitoba).

Mark MacGuigan

Mark MacGuigan, 53, MP from Windsor-Walkerville since 1968 and a former dean of law, was the minister of justice and a former minister of external affairs.

John Munro

John Munro, 53, an MP for Hamilton East since 1962, was minister of Indian affairs and northern development.

John Roberts

John Roberts, 48, MP for St. Paul's, was minister of employment and immigration.

John Turner

John Turner, 55, former MP for Ottawa-Orleans (1968–1976) and previously for St. Lawrence—St. George, Quebec (1962–1968), had served in Cabinet under Lester Pearson and Trudeau and had been minister of justice and minister of finance until resigning from cabinet in 1975 over a policy dispute over wage and price freezes. Since then, he had been 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

Lloyd Axworthy (Winnipeg South Centre)
Judy Erola (Nickel Belt)
Bob Kaplan (York Centre)
Ed Lumley (Stormont—Dundas)
André Ouellet (Papineau)
Jean-Luc Pépin (Ottawa—Carleton)
Gerald Regan (Halifax)

Eugene Whelan

Eugene Whelan, 59, MP for Essex-Windsor since 1962, had been minister of agriculture from 1972 to 1979, when the Liberals lost power, and again since 1980.

Results

First ballot

TURNER, John Napier 1,593 (46%)

CHRÉTIEN, Joseph Jacques Jean 1,067 (31%)

JOHNSTON, Donald James 278 (8%)

ROBERTS, John (Moody) 185

MACGUIGAN, Mark R. 135

MUNRO, John Carr 93

WHELAN, Eugene Francis 84

Spoiled ballots 2

Total votes cast 3,437

Whelan eliminated, supports Chrétien. MacGuigan withdraws and supports Turner. Munro and Roberts withdraw and support Chrétien.

Second ballot

TURNER, John Napier 1,862 (54%)

CHRÉTIEN, Joseph Jacques Jean 1,398 (40%)

JOHNSTON, Donald James 192 (6%)

Spoiled ballots 1

Total votes cast 3,453

References

Jeffrey, Brooke.. (2010). "Divided loyalties : the Liberal Party of Canada, 1984-2008". University of Toronto Press.
(2013-07-02). "Beyond Politics - John Turner". YouTube.

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