John Mouat Turner | |
Birth Date: | 1900 5, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Beausejour, Manitoba |
Death Place: | Selkirk, Manitoba |
Spouse: | Rose Olinzek |
Riding: | Springfield |
Predecessor: | Thomas Hay |
Successor: | John Sinnott |
Term Start: | 1935 |
Term End: | 1945 |
Profession: | hotel manager, beer salesman |
Party: | Liberal |
John Mouat Turner (28 May 1900 – 24 February 1945) was a Canadian politician.
He was born in Beausejour, Manitoba, sold brewery products for a living, and worked as a hotel manager in Winnipeg.[1] He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1935 federal election representing the Manitoba riding of Springfield as a Liberal. He was re-elected in the 1940 federal election. He was nominated to run in the 1945 federal election but died of a heart attack several months before the election.[2]
In Parliament, he was an advocate for rural electrification, the development of natural resources, the lifting of restrictions on beer, and the development of industry in Western Canada.[2]