John Turner

The Right Honourable John Turner PC CC QC
Turner in 1987
22nd Prime Minister of Canada
In office June 30, 1984 – September 17, 1984
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor General	Jeanne Sauvé
Deputy	Jean Chrétien
Preceded by	Pierre Trudeau
Succeeded by	Brian Mulroney
Leader of the Opposition
In office September 17, 1984 – February 7, 1990
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Brian Mulroney
Preceded by	Brian Mulroney
Succeeded by	Herb Gray
Minister of Finance
In office January 28, 1972 – September 10, 1975
Prime Minister	Pierre Trudeau
Preceded by	Edgar Benson
Succeeded by	Bud Drury (Acting)
Minister of Justice Attorney General of Canada
In office July 6, 1968 – January 28, 1972
Prime Minister	Pierre Trudeau
Preceded by	Pierre Trudeau
Succeeded by	Otto Lang
Solicitor General of Canada
In office April 20, 1968 – July 5, 1968
Prime Minister	Pierre Trudeau
Preceded by	Lawrence Pennell
Succeeded by	George McIlraith
Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs Registrar General of Canada
In office December 21, 1967 – July 5, 1968
Prime Minister	Lester Pearson Pierre Trudeau
Preceded by	Guy Favreau
Succeeded by	George McIlraith
Member of Parliament for St. Lawrence—St. George
In office June 18, 1962 – June 25, 1968
Preceded by	Egan Chambers
Succeeded by	District abolished
Member of Parliament for Ottawa—Carleton
In office June 25, 1968 – February 12, 1976
Preceded by	Paul Tardif
Succeeded by	Jean Pigott
Member of Parliament for Vancouver Quadra
In office September 4, 1984 – October 25, 1993
Preceded by	Bill Clarke
Succeeded by	Ted McWhinney
Personal details
Born	John Napier Wyndham Turner (1929-06-07)June 7, 1929 Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Died	September 19, 2020(2020-09-19) (aged 91) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Geills Kilgour ​ (m. 1963)​
Children	4
Parents	Leonard Turner Phyllis Ross
Residence	Deer Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater	University of British Columbia Magdalen College, Oxford University of Paris
Occupation	Lawyer
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John Napier Wyndham Turner PC CC QC (June 7, 1929 – September 19, 2020) was a Canadian politician. He was the twenty-second Prime Minister of Canada from June 30 to September 17, 1984. He was the leader of the Liberal Party. He was born in Surrey, England. He and his mother moved to British Columbia in 1932 when his father died.

Turner was elected as a member of Parliament in 1962. He held several positions in Cabinet, including minister of justice and minister of finance under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau from 1968 to 1975.^[1] He resigned his ministry in 1975,^[2] and took a break from politics until 1984. During this time, he worked as a lawyer in Toronto. In 1984, Turner returned and successfully ran for the leadership of the Liberal Party. Turner held the office of Prime Minister for just 79 days. Immediately after being sworn in as Prime Minister, he dissolved Parliament and called for new elections.^[3] He lost that election by a wide margin.^[4] Turner remained as leader of the Liberal Party, and was the Leader of the Opposition for the next six years. His party slightly recovered in the 1988 election. Turner resigned as Opposition leader in 1990, and retired from politics in 1993. He worked as a lawyer he stopped being a politician.

Turner died on September 19, 2020 in Toronto at the age of 91.^[5]

1. ↑ Paul Litt (2011). Elusive Destiny:The Political Vocation of John Napier Turner. UBC Press. pp. 5–7.
2. ↑ Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Memoirs, (McClelland & Stewart, 1993).
3. ↑ Mulroney: The Politics of Ambition, by John Sawatsky, Toronto 1991, McFarlane, Walter, and Ross publishers.
4. ↑ Howard Rae Penniman (1988). Canada at the Polls, 1984: A Study of the Federal General Elections. Duke U.P. p. 37.
5. ↑ "John Turner, PM and Liberal leader who battled free trade with U.S., dead at 91". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. September 19, 2020. Retrieved September 19, 2020.