John Turner

**John Napier Wyndham Turner**  (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. He resigned his ministry in 1975, 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. He lost that election by a wide margin. 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 from congestive heart failure at the age of 91.

## Other websites

- University of British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame
- CBC Digital Archives - The Long Run: The Political Rise of John Turner

## Infobox (prime minister)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **name**: John Turner
- **birthname**: John Napier Wyndham Turner
- **honorific-suffix**: Queen's Privy Council for Canada, PC Order of Canada, CC Queen's Counsel, QC
- **image**: John Turner 1987 crop (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Turner in 1987
- **office**: 22nd Prime Minister of Canada
- **term start**: June 30, 1984
- **term end**: September 17, 1984
- **monarch**: Elizabeth II
- **governor general**: Jeanne Sauvé
- **deputy**: Jean Chrétien
- **predecessor**: Pierre Trudeau
- **successor**: Brian Mulroney
- **office2**: Leader of the Official Opposition (Canada), Leader of the Opposition
- **term start2**: September 17, 1984
- **term end2**: February 7, 1990
- **monarch2**: Elizabeth II
- **primeminister2**: Brian Mulroney
- **predecessor2**: Brian Mulroney
- **successor2**: Herb Gray
- **office3**: Minister of Finance (Canada), Minister of Finance
- **term start3**: January 28, 1972
- **term end3**: September 10, 1975
- **primeminister3**: Pierre Trudeau
- **predecessor3**: Edgar Benson
- **successor3**: Bud Drury <small>(Acting)</small>
- **office4**: Minister of Justice (Canada), Minister of Justice
Attorney General of Canada
- **term start4**: July 6, 1968
- **term end4**: January 28, 1972
- **primeminister4**: Pierre Trudeau
- **predecessor4**: Pierre Trudeau
- **successor4**: Otto Lang
- **office5**: Solicitor General of Canada
- **term start5**: April 20, 1968
- **term end5**: July 5, 1968
- **primeminister5**: Pierre Trudeau
- **predecessor5**: Lawrence Pennell
- **successor5**: George McIlraith
- **office6**: Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs
Registrar General of Canada
- **term start6**: December 21, 1967
- **term end6**: July 5, 1968
- **primeminister6**: Lester Pearson
Pierre Trudeau
- **predecessor6**: Guy Favreau
- **successor6**: George McIlraith
- **birth place**: Richmond, London, Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
- **death place**: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- **party**: Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal
- **residence**: Deer Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- **alma mater**: University of British Columbia
Magdalen College, Oxford
University of Paris
- **children**: 4
- **parents**: Leonard Turner
Phyllis Ross
- **occupation**: Lawyer
- **constituency mp12**: St. Lawrence—St. George
- **term start12**: June 18, 1962
- **term end12**: June 25, 1968
- **predecessor12**: Egan Chambers
- **successor12**: District abolished
- **constituency mp13**: Ottawa—Carleton
- **term start13**: June 25, 1968
- **term end13**: February 12, 1976
- **predecessor13**: Paul Tardif
- **successor13**: Jean Pigott
- **constituency mp14**: Vancouver Quadra
- **term start14**: September 4, 1984
- **term end14**: October 25, 1993
- **predecessor14**: Bill Clarke (politician), Bill Clarke
- **successor14**: Ted McWhinney
- **signature**: John Turner Signature.svg