Despite his missteps, Turner guided the Liberals through some of their darkest days in the 1980s. His right-of-centre contribution to party policy would help pave the way for fiscally conservative prime ministers Jean Chretien — his longtime rival — and Paul Martin.
“But there was another side to him. … There was John the jock, who used to love watching NFL football with us, who sometimes drank too much, who used to put on his red cardigan and sit in his office having a good time,” he said.Born in England, John Napier Wyndham Turner emigrated to Canada in 1932 after the premature death of his father Leonard.Article content continued
Turner moved to Montreal to practice law but was lured into politics by Liberal cabinet minister C.D. Howe, who asked him to help in an election campaign. Turner won a seat in 1962, representing the Quebec riding of St-Laurent-St-Georges. He saved then-Opposition leader John Diefenbaker from drowning while on vacation in Barbados, having unintentionally booked a stay at the same resort.
“Those of us who support the bill recognize that there are areas of private behaviour which, however repugnant, however immoral, if they do not directly involve public order, should not properly be within the criminal law of Canada,” he said at the time. “Chretien and his people launched, almost from Day 1, a war of attrition against John Turner,” said Heard.
But his outdated sensibilities landed him in trouble too, when he was filmed patting the rear end of Liberal party president Iona Campagnolo, who patted his bottom right back.
Disrespectful and without etiquette.
Canada’s Kennedy? Not once had I ever heard PM Turner referred to in that way. Disrespectful.
It's too bad! He accomplished a lot in this life. But he just wasn't ready and out-of-the loop for the election in 1984.
Cmon . you can do better for a former PM. Even a Liberal one.
Not journalism. Just clicks. Sad and disrespectful.
Pretty disrespectful headline for the death of a former PM
Wut? Is this about a 🇨🇦 Prime Minister who has passed away an 🇺🇸 president? Ffs the media can’t even speak of a dead PM without dragging their fanboycrush - 🇺🇸 into it
What a horrible headline, please change this.
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