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♂ John M. Turner
aliasJohn M. Turner
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 4 1 5
Birth 24 September 1922 → 101 years + 7 months ago
Lived 90 years + 3 months
First mandate 21 October 1971 → 52 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 49 years
Death 20 January 2013 → 11 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 25 years + 4 months after 9 September 1987
Special notes
None
 
John M. Turner (1922–2013)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Ontario — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 14 1 25 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. ON 32
PC
 1 Speaker 58–62 21 Apr 1981 — 04 Jun 1985 4 1 14

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Walter G. Pitman  m 
 		 ⊕ Gillian A. Sandeman  f  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 56,350 Votes: 43,768 Participation: 77.67% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Ontario
21 October 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14148(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
PC
 1/3 18,632 42.69% +590 Loser:
NDP
 18,042 41.34% Walter G. Pitman

Service: 3 years 10 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 57,575 Votes: 41,008 Participation: 71.23% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Ontario
18 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12497(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
52
PC
 2/4 15,649 38.29% -505 Winner:
NDP
 16,154 39.53% Gillian A. Sandeman
Eligible: 58,901 Votes: 41,802 Participation: 70.97% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Ontario
9 June 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12121(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
54
PC
 1/4 16,923 40.66% +2,648 Loser:
NDP
 14,275 34.30% Gillian A. Sandeman

Service: 3 years 9 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 62,332 Votes: 39,304 Participation: 63.06% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
32		 Ontario
19 March 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12247(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
PC
 1/6 17,962 45.92% +6,699 Loser:
LIB
 11,263 28.80% William Adams

Service: 4 years 1 month 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 65,493 Votes: 39,459 Participation: 60.25% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
33		 Ontario
2 May 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
 LIB  26 Jun 1985
ID: 12372(F) — 6 Jul 2023 18:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
PC
 1/5 16,878 43.03% +4,937 Loser:
NDP
 11,941 30.44% Linda Slavin
After his election:
26 Jun 1985 62
PC
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 2 years 4 months 7 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 59,288 Votes: 37,790 Participation: 63.74% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
34		 Ontario
10 September 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 5644(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
64		 Successor:
LIB
 15,098 40.13% W. Peter Adams

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
John Melville Turner		 24 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
John Melville Turner		 24 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Melville Turner		 24 Feb 2024

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