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John Napier TernerPrime Minister of Canada.
Date of Birth: 07.06.1929
Country:  Great Britain |
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Biography of John Napier Turner
John Napier Turner was a Canadian statesman and political figure. He was born on June 7, 1929, in Richmond, England. Turner graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1949 and was awarded a Rhodes scholarship to teach law at the University of Oxford. After completing his studies, he began working at the law firm "Stikeman Elliott" in Montreal in 1953. In 1968, he received the title of Queen's Counsel.
Political Career
In 1962, Turner was elected as a candidate for the Liberal Party in the House of Commons. He served in the government of L. Pearson, first as Minister of Northern Affairs and Natural Resources, then as Minister without Portfolio (1965), Archivist of Canada (1967-1968), Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs (1968), and Attorney General (1968).
Following Pearson's resignation in 1968, Turner ran for the leadership of the Liberal Party but lost to P.E. Trudeau. However, he became Minister of Justice and Attorney General in Trudeau's government and later served as Minister of Finance in 1972. In 1975, Turner resigned in disagreement with the government's policy of wage and price controls.
After his resignation, Turner left politics and became a partner at a law firm in Toronto. Despite his nearly decade-long absence from the political scene, he was elected as the leader of the Liberal Party in June 1984. He called for early elections, which resulted in a devastating defeat for the Liberal Party against the Progressive Conservative Party.
On November 21, 1988, the Liberal Party managed to secure more votes and doubled its number of seats in parliament. Turner resigned as the party's leader in 1989 and returned to his legal practice, but he remained a member of parliament until 1993.
