John Crosbie

**John Carnell Crosbie**,  (January 30, 1931 – January 10, 2020) was a Canadian politician. He was the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador from 2008 through 2013.

He worked 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.

Crosbie died on January 10, 2020 after a short-illness at the age of 88.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **birth name**: John Carnell Crosbie
- **image**: John Crosbie.jpg
- **honorific-prefix**: The Honourable
- **name**: John Crosbie
- **honorific-suffix**: Queen's Privy Council for Canada, PC, Order of Canada, OC, Order of Newfoundland and Labrador, ONL, Queen's Counsel, QC
- **office1**: Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador
- **monarch1**: Elizabeth II
- **governor general1**: Michaëlle Jean
David Johnston
- **premier1**: Danny Williams (politician), Danny Williams
Kathy Dunderdale
- **term start1**: February 4, 2008
- **term end1**: March 19, 2013
- **predecessor1**: Edward Roberts (Canadian politician), Edward Roberts
- **successor1**: Frank Fagan
- **riding9**: St. John's West
- **parliament**: Canadian
- **term start9**: October 18, 1976
- **term end9**: October 25, 1993
- **predecessor9**: Walter C. Carter
- **successor9**: Jean Payne
- **office10**: Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for St. John's West (provincial electoral district), St. John's West
- **predecessor10**: William G. Adams
- **successor10**: Hubert Kitchen
- **term start10**: September 8, 1966
- **term end10**: September 4, 1976
- **office4**: Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (Canada), Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
- **term start4**: April 21, 1991
- **term end4**: June 24, 1993
- **primeminister4**: Brian Mulroney
- **predecessor4**: Bernard Valcourt
- **successor4**: Ross Reid
- **office5**: Minister of International Trade (Canada), Minister of International Trade
- **term start5**: March 31, 1988
- **term end5**: April 20, 1991
- **primeminister5**: Brian Mulroney
- **predecessor5**: Pat Carney
- **successor5**: Michael Wilson (Canadian politician), Michael Wilson
- **office6**: Minister of Transport (Canada), Minister of Transport
- **term start6**: June 30, 1986
- **term end6**: March 30, 1988
- **primeminister6**: Brian Mulroney
- **predecessor6**: Don Mazankowski
- **successor6**: Benoît Bouchard
- **office7**: Minister of Justice (Canada), Minister of Justice
- **term start7**: September 17, 1984
- **term end7**: June 29, 1986
- **primeminister7**: Brian Mulroney
- **predecessor7**: Don Johnston, Donald Johnston
- **successor7**: Ray Hnatyshyn
- **office8**: Minister of Finance (Canada), Minister of Finance
- **term start8**: June 4, 1979
- **term end8**: March 3, 1980
- **primeminister8**: Joe Clark
- **predecessor8**: Jean Chrétien
- **successor8**: Allan MacEachen
- **birth place**: St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, Dominion of Newfoundland, Newfoundland, Canada
- **death place**: St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- **relatives**: John Chalker Crosbie, Sir John Chalker Crosbie (grandfather)
- **profession**: Lawyer, Politician
- **party**: Conservative Party of Canada, Conservative,
 Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative <small>(1969-2003)</small>
 Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador, Liberal <small>(1966-1969)</small>
- **alma mater**: Queen's University
Dalhousie Law School