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John Turner was a person associated with multiple fields, including cricket and literature. In cricket, he played as a bowler for the Hampshire team and held South African nationality. As an author, Turner has 148 works listed, with titles including *Mathematical exercises ...*, *Will you make war again?*, *Warning Comes I Move*, *Daddy Days*, and *Exploring the Other Island*. Crossref records indicate five works attributed to him.
MusicBrainz data identifies a female artist named John Turner from Switzerland, with genres including adult contemporary, american, box set, classic pop and rock, and english. Last.fm tags associated with this name include UK and british. Wikiquote lists statements attributed to Turner, such as "Democracy does not happen by accident." and "I've told you and I've told the Canadian people, Mr. Mulroney, that I had no option."
John Turner was born on 1929-06-07 and died on 2020-09-19. The name is referenced by 655 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Monarch
- Elizabeth II
- Governor general
- Jeanne Sauvé
- Deputy
- Jean Chrétien
- Preceded by
- Pierre Trudeau
- Succeeded by
- Brian Mulroney
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Turner
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Richmond
- Place of death
- Toronto
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Position held
- member of the House of Commons of Canada
- Political party
- Liberal Party of Canada
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Sport
- athletics
- Image
- John Turner (39436619124) (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- Ottawa
- Residence
- Deer Park
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- Commons category
- John Turner
- date of birth
- 1929-06-07
- birth name
- John Napier Wyndham Turner
- candidacy in election
- 1988 Canadian federal election
- different from
- John Turner
- date of death
- 2020-09-19
- name in native language
- John Turner
- honorific prefix
- The Right Honourable
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- Mount Pleasant Cemetery
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Encyclopedic overview
Member of Parliament In office September 4, 1984 – October 25, 1993 Preceded byBill Clarke Succeeded byTed McWhinney ConstituencyVancouver Quadra In office June 18, 1962 – February 12, 1976 Preceded byEgan Chambers Succeeded byJean Pigott ConstituencySt. Lawrence—St. George (1962–1968) Ottawa—Carleton (1968–1976)
Personal details BornJohn Napier Wyndham Turner (1929-06-07)June 7, 1929 Richmond, Surrey, England
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