John Crosbie

Outstanding service to Newfoundland

and Labrador and to Canada

Lawyer, orator, humorist;

Deputy Mayor, City of St. John’s, NL, 1965–66;

Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly (MHA) for St. John’s West, 1966–76;

Smallwood cabinet portfolios, 1966–68: Municipal Affairs and Housing, Health;

Moores cabinet portfolios,1972–76: Finance, Treasury Board, Economic Development, Fisheries, Intergovernmental Affairs, Mines and Energy, Government House Leader;

Member of Parliament (MP) for St. John’s West, 1976–93;

Clark cabinet portfolio, 1979–80: Finance;

Mulroney cabinet portfolios, 1984–93: Justice and Attorney General, Transport, International Trade, Fisheries and Oceans, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency;

Chancellor, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1994–2008;

Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, 2008–13