Turner, John Napier

TURNER, John Napier, lawyer, politician, prime minister of Canada 30 June–17 Sept 1984 (b 7 June 1929, Richmond, England; d 18 Sept 2020, Toronto, ON). He grew up in Ottawa and at the end of WWII moved west to VANCOUVER with his mother and stepfather, Frank ROSS, a future LT GOV. He attended UBC, where he won a Rhodes scholarship. After studies in Europe he began practising law in Montreal. His political career began with his election as a Liberal to the House of Commons in 1962, and he...

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