Robert Coates | |
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| Minister of National Defence | |
| In office September 17, 1984 – February 12, 1985 | |
| Prime Minister | Brian Mulroney |
| Preceded by | Jean-Jacques Blais |
| Succeeded by | Erik Nielsen (acting) |
| Member of Parliament for Cumberland Cumberland—Colchester North; (1968–1979) Cumberland—Colchester; (1979–1988) | |
| In office June 10, 1957 – November 20, 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Azel Randolph Lusby |
| Succeeded by | Bill Casey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Carman Coates March 10, 1928 Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Died | January 12, 2016 (aged 87) Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse |
Mary Blanche Wade (m. 1954) |
| Children | 2 |
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Robert Carman Coates PC QC (March 10, 1928 – January 12, 2016) was a Canadian politician and Cabinet minister.