John Napier Turner

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Born 1929

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 Life

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

Occupations

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

Political 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 Registrar 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

Source: Canada's Prime Ministers, 1867 - 1994. [Ottawa]: National Archives of Canada, c1994. 20 p.