Talk:John Turner

Older PM?
Who is the oldest PM? Isn't it him?

Joe Clark?


 * Turner is the oldest living former Prime Minister of Canada, he was born in 1929 (ten years before Clark). see Joe Clark article. GoodDay 22:29, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Why no infobox image
How come there's no infobox image? Why not just move up one of the images from farther down the page? 23skidoo 06:33, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Emigratedas a baby?
"He was born in Richmond, Surrey, England to Leonard Turner and Phyllis Gregory, and emigrated to Canada as a baby in 1932."

Sounds a bit weird, that phrase does. Shouldn't it say his family emigrated? Or he, as a baby, did it alone?DDD DDD 04:33, 8 December 2006 (UTC).

I have removed all references to "immigrating" and "emigrating." Turner is NOT an immigrant and he IS Canadian-born. Even though he was born overseas, because he was born to a Canadian parent (his mother), he is a naturally-born Canadian, as he acquired his Canadian citizenship at birth. Nopm 23:03, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Why is there no images?
Why is there no images of John Turner? He is a former prime minister of a country, I think he would be important enough to have a picture of him in this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Preparationh (talk • contribs) 18:16, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Finally! Thanks Abebenjoe I tried to put in a picture for this guy, but it was copyrighted, now what's left is Kim Campbell.

Why are we using such an awful picture of Turner as an old man? The other Canadian prime ministers all seem to have photos of them when they were in office. The Parliament of Canada website has a portrait photo of Turner (http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=2d6cfb9d-1d91-419c-835b-2bc796126fab&Section=Publications), surely we can use this government sourced photo? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jabalong (talk • contribs) 03:54, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

I agree Jabalong, the photo of Turner is terrible. He looks terribly old in it, unrecognizable from his time in public life. There's gotta be a better pictures around somewhere to use for him. Dcraig9 (talk) 13:06, 24 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Here's a good one too: http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/06/liberalparty.jpg --Doradus (talk) 15:15, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

Here's another good one... from his time in politics during the late 1980s: http://img265.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=158640148_JohnNTurner1988_122_54lo.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.137.231.57 (talk) 18:28, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

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MOS:JOBTITLE
I find this a rather confusing section of the MOS, since it (like much of the MOS, IMO) runs counter to colloquial usage. Does it mean that the first sentence of the lede should read: or Thanks for any input. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 19:49, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
 * … was a Canadian politician and lawyer who served as the 17th prime minister of Canada?
 * … was a Canadian politician and lawyer who served as the 17th Prime Minister of Canada?

Date of Passing
The initial report states that he Passed away "Friday Evening", Meaning the Date of his Death is Friday, September 18th, 2020. WanukeX (talk) 18:50, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

Coat of arms
Is it necessary? Seems excessive to me, but I defer to others. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 03:47, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

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