Garth Turner

Politician

1949 –

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Who is Garth Turner?

John Garth Turner, PC 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.

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Born
Mar 14, 1949
Woodstock
Spouses
Nationality
  • Canada
Profession
Education
  • Master of Arts, University of Western Ontario
    English Literature
  • Bachelor of Arts, University of Toronto
    English Literature
  • University of Toronto Schools
Lived in
  • Oxford County

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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