Garth Turner

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The Honourable Garth Turner PC
Turner in Oakville, 2008
31st Minister of National Revenue
In office June 25, 1993 – November 3, 1993
Prime Minister	Kim Campbell
Preceded by	Otto Jelinek
Succeeded by	David Anderson
Member of Parliament for Halton (Halton—Peel; 1988–1993)
In office January 23, 2006 – October 14, 2008
Preceded by	Gary Carr
Succeeded by	Lisa Raitt
In office November 21, 1988 – October 25, 1993
Preceded by	Riding established
Succeeded by	Julian Reed
Personal details
Born	John Garth Turner (1949-03-14) March 14, 1949 (age 75) Woodstock, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Liberal (2007-present)
Other political affiliations	Conservative (2005-6) Progressive Conservative (1988-1993)
Spouse	Dorothy Turner
Residence(s)	Caledon, Ontario; Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Profession	Author, columnist, journalist, teacher, licensed financial advisor, blogger

John Garth Turner PC is a Canadian business journalist, 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.^[1] His great-grandfather, Ebenezer Vining Bodwell, was also a Liberal Member of Parliament.^[2]