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John Roberts (Canadian politician)
John (Moody) Roberts (born 1933) is a former Canadian politician. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1968 as a Liberal MP. He was defeated in the 1972 federal election but returned in 1974 and, in 1976, became Secretary of State of Canada in Pierre Trudeau's cabinet. Roberts lost his seat again in the 1979 election that defeated the Trudeau government but returned yet again as a result of the 1980 election and joined Trudeau's final cabinet first as Minister of the Environment and then as Minister of Employment and Immigration .
Roberts ran to succeed Trudeau at the 1984 Liberal leadership convention coming in fourth behind John Turner. Turner kept Roberts in his cabinet as minister of employment and immigration but both Roberts and Turner's government were defeated in the 1984 election.
| Preceded by: Ron Atkey, PC | Member of Parliament for St. Paul's (1980-1984) | Succeeded by: Barbara McDougall, PC |
| Preceded by: Ron Atkey, PC | Member of Parliament for St. Paul's (1974-1979) | Succeeded by: Ron Atkey, PC |
| Preceded by: federal riding created in 1966 | Member of Parliament for York—Simcoe (1968-1972) | Succeeded by: Sinclair Stevens, PC |
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