John Napier Turner

17th Prime Minister of Canada

June 30, 1984 - September 17, 1984

Born

• June 7, 1929, Richmond, Surrey, England
• Emigrated to Canada in 1932

Education

• University of British Columbia, B.A. 1949
• Oxford University, Rhodes Scholar, B.A Jurisprudence, 1951, B.C.L 1952, M.A. 1957
• University of Paris 1952-1953

Personal Status

• Married 1963, Geills McCrae Kilgour (b.1937)
• One daughter, three sons

Professional Life

• Lawyer (called to Quebec Bar in 1954,to the Ontario Bar in 1968)
• 1976-1984 Practised law in Toronto
• Currently practising Law

Party

• Liberal
• 1984-1990 Party Leader

Constituencies

• 1962-1968 St-Laurent-St-Georges, Quebec
• 1968-1976 Ottawa-Carleton, Ontario
• 1984-1993 Vancouver Quadra, British Columbia

Other Ministries

• 1965-1967 Minister Without Portfolio
• 1967 Registar General
• 1967-1968 Consumer and Corporate Affairs
• 1968 Solicitor General
• 1968-1972 Justice
• 1972-1975 Finance

Political Record

• Criminal Code Amendment (hate propaganda) 1970
• Appointed Bora Laskin first Jewish Justice of the Supreme Court 1970
• Creation of the Law Reform Commission 1971
• Leader of the Opposition 1984-1990