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John Turner was born in 1929, Richmond, Surrey, England. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Turner
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After his father's death, in 1932 Turner and his mother moved to Rossland, British Columbia. Later settling in Vancouver when his mother remarried Frank Mackenzie Ross, Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia,
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He enrolled at the University of British Columbia in 1945 at age 16, and went on to be one of Canada's track sprinters in the late 1940s, qualifying for the 1948 Olympic team.
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He graduated from UBC with a B.A. Honours in 1949, becoming a Rhodes Scholar for Oxford University.
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Turner went to to Magdalen College at the University of Oxford, where he recieved a B.A., Jurisprudence, 1951; a Bachelor of Civil Law, 1952; and an M.A., 1957.
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to Geills McCrae Kilgour
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Before becoming Prime Minister of Canada, Turner was the Registrar General of Canada under Lester B Pearson.
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Under The Prime Ministership of Lester B Pearson, Turner was appointed 23rd Solicitor general of Canada.
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Elected 17th Prime Minister of Canada, only in office September 17, 1984
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Retires from Politics
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Turner returned to private practice as a lawyer at Miller Thomson LLP.
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Was appointed as a Companion of the Order of Canada.