Article content Turner was right on U.S. free trade. Former Liberal prime minister John Turner opposed all free trade deals ...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Jan. 6 that he would resign once the Liberal Party of Canada had concluded ... For example, John Turner became prime minister in 1984 after ...

then-prime minister Pierre Trudeau announced his intention to step down. On June 16 of that year, John Turner, at that point without a seat — so, unelected — won the Liberal Party of Canada ...

As Canada’s 45th federal campaign gets underway, author and historian Arthur Milnes offers up a 45-question quiz to see how ...

Canada’s new prime minister came out swinging against ... has not fared well in a general election. In 1984, Liberal John Turner lost to Conservative Brian Mulroney, who formed a majority ...

the English-born John Turner held dual citizenship during his brief tenure as prime minister in 1984. But the six who followed Turner did not. Canada's opposition leaders, however, have ...

according to Statistics Canada, and multiple recent party leaders have held dual citizenship. (The last prime minister to hold dual citizenship was John Turner during his brief tenure in 1984.) ...

First Reading is a Canadian politics newsletter that throughout the 2025 election will be a daily digest of campaign goings-on, all curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early ...

In 1984, an unelected Liberal leader became prime minister after the departure of ... But ultimately, a politically rusty John Turner could not overcome a pent-up voter desire for change, and ...