Garth Turner
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The Honourable Garth Turner PC |
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Garth Turner at a town hall meeting in Oakville, Ontario (2008)
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Halton |
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In office 2006–2008 |
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| Preceded by | Gary Carr |
| Succeeded by | Lisa Raitt |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Halton—Peel |
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In office 1988–1993 |
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| Preceded by | New riding |
| Succeeded by | Julian Reed |
| 31st Minister of National Revenue | |
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In office June 25, 1993 – November 3, 1993 |
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| Prime Minister | Kim Campbell |
| Preceded by | Otto Jelinek |
| Succeeded by | David Anderson |
| Personal details | |
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John Garth Turner March 14, 1949 , Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal (2007-present) |
| Other political affiliations |
Conservative (2005-6) Progressive Conservative (1988-1993) |
| Spouse(s) | Dorothy Turner |
| Residence | Caledon, Ontario; Lunenburg, Nova Scotia |
| Profession | Author, columnist, journalist, teacher, licensed financial advisor, blogger |
John Garth Turner, PC (born March 14, 1949) is a Canadian business journalist, best-selling author, entrepreneur, broadcaster, financial advisor and politician, twice elected as a Member of the House of Commons, former Minister of National Revenue and leadership candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. After serving as a PC MP between 1988 and 1993, he returned to political life as a candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada in the 2006 federal election, beating Liberal Gary Carr in the riding of Halton, Ontario. On October 18, 2006, the Conservative Party suspended him from the Conservative caucus for his independent stance and he sat as an Independent MP until February 6, 2007, when he joined the Liberal Party of Canada. His great-grandfather, Ebenezer Vining Bodwell, was also a Liberal Member of Parliament.
Turner was born in , and educated at the University of Toronto Schools where he belonged to Cody house.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from the University of Toronto, and a Master of Arts in English literature from the University of Western Ontario. Turner claimed that, during his university years, he joined The Waffle group within the New Democratic Party.
Before entering a career in electoral politics, Turner founded and owned weekly newspapers in Ontario, worked as an editor for The Globe and Mail, Metroland Publishing and Thomson Newspapers, and helped launch Maclean's as a newsweekly magazine. He was subsequently business editor of the Toronto Sun for ten years.
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