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John Garth Turner, PC (born March 14, 1949) is a Canadian business journalist, best-selling 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.〔("Maverick MP Garth Turner joins Liberals" ). CBC News, February 6, 2007. Retrieved 2014-06-09.〕 His great-grandfather, Ebenezer Vining Bodwell, was also a Liberal Member of Parliament.〔(garth.ca blog entry )〕 == Early life and career == Turner was born in Woodstock, Ontario, and educated at the University of Toronto Schools where he belonged to Cody house. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from the University of Toronto, and a Master of Arts in English literature from the University of Western Ontario. Turner claimed that, during his university years, he joined The Waffle group within the New Democratic Party.〔 〕 Before entering a career in electoral politics, Turner founded and owned weekly newspapers in Ontario, worked as an editor for The Globe and Mail, Metroland Publishing and Thomson Newspapers, and helped launch Maclean's as a newsweekly magazine. He was subsequently business editor of the ''Toronto Sun'' for ten years. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Garth Turner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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