John Turner was born on 7 June 1929 in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK. He was married to Geills McCrae Kilgour. He died on 19 September 2020 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Lawyer, minister, head of the Liberal party, his 11-week term as prime minister (30 June - 17 September 1984) is the second shortest in Canadian history. The shortest was that of Sir Charles Tupper (1 May - 8 July 1896).