Turner, the eldest of three children, was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He served as solicitor general and justice and finance minister in various cabinets before his brief, 79-day stint as prime minister in 1984. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young). Listen and subscribe to get a weekly update with the newsmakers who matter. Prime Minster Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau look on during the state funeral service for former Canadian prime minister John Turner at St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica in Toronto on Tuesday, October 6, 2020. He was 91. "Today, more than ever, we need more people like John," Trudeau said.

After leaving politics in 1976, he spent nearly a decade as a corporate lawyer on Bay Street before returning to politics after Pierre Trudeau resigned. Turner won the 1984 Liberal leadership race over Chretien in a bitterly divided contest. "John Turner believed in taking the high road," she said. Turner married his wife, Geills McCrae Kilgour, great-niece of Col. John McCrae who wrote "In Flanders Fields," in 1963.

Her first name is pronounced like "Jill". This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 6, 2020. Use of this Website assumes acceptance of Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy, Published Tuesday, October 6, 2020 4:17AM EDT, Last Updated Tuesday, October 6, 2020 3:00PM EDT, House of Commons pays tribute to former Liberal prime minister John Turner, 'A great public servant': Outpouring of tributes following John Turner's death, Man who slaughtered his entire family in Markham, Ont. He defended the decriminalization of homosexuality and abortion in the 1960s, but also martial law and the suspension of civil liberties during the October Crisis of 1970. Turner ran to succeed Pearson in 1968, but lost to Pierre Trudeau, who appointed him as justice minister, a post he used to help create Federal Court and a national legal aid system. Besides daughter Elizabeth, the couple had three sons, Michael, David and Andrew.

Many in attendance wore black face masks and were spaced out among the pews to maintain physical distance. The poorly prepared and divided party proved no match for Brian Mulroney and his Progressive Conservatives. When anyone complained about the weather, he would gently chide them with: "Are you a Canadian or a tourist?" Turner, who opposed free trade with the U.S., called an election nine days after he was sworn into office as prime minister. "In light of what's happening now in politics, he hearkened to a past that I think we need more of, where public service is important.". Once dubbed "Canada's Kennedy" when he first arrived in Ottawa in the 1960s, the athletic John Turner ultimately represented three provinces as a Liberal member of Parliament. He gave speeches reminding the party of its golden years, sprinkled with wild stories about life on the political trail.

An Olympic-calibre track star, he would go on to study law. Despite declining health, he was a mainstay at many Liberal events. In 1965, then-prime minister Lester Pearson named Turner to cabinet, two years before Trudeau's father Pierre Trudeau and fellow prime minister-to-be Jean Chretien landed cabinet posts. Born in 1929 in England, John Napier Wyndham Turner moved to Canada in 1932 after the early death of his father. Others at the state funeral spoke of Turner's unbridled love for the outdoors and travels to Canada's Far North. She is the grand-niece of John McCrae, author of the poem In Flanders Fields, and the sister of long time Alberta Member of Parliament David Kilgour. TORONTO -- An invited list of 170 mourners -- among them the current prime minister and Turner's closest family -- were on hand at St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica for the televised service ahead of a private interment. Former prime minister John Turner was eulogized at a state funeral on Tuesday as a gifted politician with a strong social conscience and profound love for the environment who spent decades serving his fellow Canadians. Listen and subscribe to get a daily fix on the latest political news and issues. Turner first entered politics in 1962 when he won a seat in the Quebec riding of St-Laurent-St-Georges.

his daughter said. "His legacy calls on us not to wait for change to happen but to stand up and build a better country for everyone.". It was June, 1962, and blonde, 24-yearold Geills Kilgour had just finished a sales training course at IBM in New York when friends in Montreal persuaded her to work in the federal election campaign of a young lawyer named John Turner. There was also no communal singing. Geills Turner: a very private person. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette, Former Canadian prime minister John Turner attends an Economic Club of Canada luncheon in Toronto on Monday December 15 2014. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who since childhood had known Turner, echoed that sentiment in an address to mourners. Turner grew up in a wealthy family. Turner resigned as party leader in 1990 and left politics three years later, joining a Toronto law firm. He was 91. One of the mourners, Sean Conacher, called Turner a "great Canadian" and a politician worth emulating. "He handled himself with great grace and dignity and he always maintained his sense of humour.". As sunlight filtered through the stained-glass windows, Turner's daughter Elizabeth Turner praised her father as a dedicated politician and public servant who, despite the demands of public life, never failed to make time for his family and friends. Her father was David Kilgour, Sr., who was the chief executive officer of Great West Life Assurance Company. home to be sentenced, Mom of naval officer killed in 2004 submarine fire named Silver Cross mother, Halloween partiers gather in droves along Granville strip in downtown Vancouver, Quebec City stabbing suspect facing multiple charges of first-degree murder, attempted murder, 'Stood there and cried': Two southwestern Ontario churches destroyed in fires, Ontario sets another record high for seven-day average of COVID-19 cases, LIVE NOW: Premier Legault speaks after Quebec City attack, Biden, Trump enter final stretch of U.S. election campaign, What a fluke: Whale sculpture catches Dutch metro train, Trump threatens to fire Fauci in rift with disease expert, Vatican says pope's remarks on same-sex marriage taken out of context, U.K. court rules against Johnny Depp in libel action, COVID-19 testing pilot begins for international travellers arriving at Calgary airport, Coutts crossing, 'A miracle': 2 girls pulled out of rubble 3 days after Turkey quake, Trump supporters seen blocking traffic on a New Jersey highway and a New York bridge, Silver Cross mother honours lost son in 2004 submarine fire, Watch Obama sink a 3-pointer while campaigning for Biden, Researchers show extent of COVID-19 spread in a grocery store, Prince William had coronavirus in April: report, Nikki McKibbin, 'American Idol' contestant, has died at 42, Two people dead after sword attack in Quebec City, Check out these 'dancing' birds on TikTok that are going viral, Obama sinks 3-pointer while campaigning for Biden.

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