John Turner
John Napier Wyndham Turner (June 7, 1929 – September 19, 2020) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 17th prime minister of Canada from June to September 1984. He served as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and leader of the Official Opposition from 1984 to 1990.
Turner practised law before being elected as a member of Parliament in the 1962 federal election. He served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau as minister of justice and attorney general from 1968 to 1972, and minister of finance from 1972 to 1975. As a cabinet minister, Turner came to be known as a leader of the Business Liberal faction of the Liberal Party. Amid a global recession and the prospect of having to implement unpopular wage and price controls, Turner resigned from his position in 1975.
From 1976 to 1984, Turner took a hiatus from politics, working as a corporate lawyer on Bay Street. Trudeau's resignation in 1984 triggered a leadership election, which Turner successfully contested. Turner held the office of prime minister for just 79 days, as he advised the governor general to dissolve Parliament soon after being sworn in. He went on to lose the 1984 election in a landslide to Brian Mulroney's Progressive Conservatives, leading the Liberals to the second-worst defeat for a governing party at the federal level (in terms of proportion of seats). Turner stayed on as Liberal leader and led the Opposition for the next six years. In the 1988 election, he vigorously campaigned against Mulroney's proposed free trade agreement with the United States, and led the Liberals to a modest recovery. Turner resigned as party leader in 1990 and did not seek re-election in 1993.
Turner was Canada's first prime minister born in the United Kingdom since Mackenzie Bowell in 1896, Canada's second shortest-serving prime minister behind Charles Tupper, and Canada's fourth longest-lived prime minister, living to the age of 91.
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Recorder Sonatina, Op. 13: I. Moderato - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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2 Pieces: No. 1, A Sad Pavane - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Recorder Sonatina, Op. 13: II. Adagio - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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2 Pieces: No. 2, Hopscotch - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Recorder Sonatina, Op. 13: III. Allegro moderato - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Domestic Life (Version for Recorder & Piano) - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Little Suite: I. Grave - Prestissimo - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Sam's Tune - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Little Suite: II. Con energia - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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2 Pieces: No. 1, A Cheerful Little Piece - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Little Suite: III. Cantabile - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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2 Pieces: No. 2, Homage to Dvořák - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Little Suite: IV. Giocoso e ritmico - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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The Edgeley Tram - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Little Suite: V. Presto - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Edgeley Fold - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Recorder Sonatina No. 2: I. Allegro assai - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Concertino for 2 Recorders & Piano, Op. 171 - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Recorder Sonatina No. 2: II. Adagio - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Pastorale & Scherzo "Pieces for Renard": I. Pastorale - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Recorder Sonatina No. 2: III. Fughetta - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Pastorale & Scherzo "Pieces for Renard": II. Scherzo - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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The Summer Triangle: I. Altair - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Conversation Piece - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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The Summer Triangle: II. Deneb - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Mount Street Blues - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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The Summer Triangle: III. Vega - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Fipple-Baguette, Op. 76: No. 1, Round Dance - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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The Rake’s Progress, K078: Lullaby (Arr. for 2 Recorders by Igor Stravinsky) - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Fipple-Baguette, Op. 76: No. 2, Sarabande with Doubles - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Recorder Sonatina: I. Commodo - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Fipple-Baguette, Op. 76: No. 3, End-Piece - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Recorder Sonatina: II. Adagio - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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A Little Caribbean (Version for Recorder) - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Recorder Sonatina: III. Allegro moderato giocoso - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Dancery: I. March - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Dancery: II. Pavan on Three Notes "Hommage à Poulenc” - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Dancery: III. Dorian Gavotte - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Dancery: IV. Bergamasque - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Dancery: V. Second Pavan - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Dancery: VI. Little Tarantella - Highways and Byways: Rarities for Recorder -
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Concertante for Violin, Horn and Harp, Op. 78: I. Cortège (Moderato-alla breve) - David Ellis: Chamber Music and Songs -
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Concertante for Violin, Horn and Harp, Op. 78: II. Courante (Vigoroso) - David Ellis: Chamber Music and Songs -
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Concertante for Violin, Horn and Harp, Op. 78: III. Chaconne (Con moto-moderato, vivace molto, poco meno mosso, presto e pianissimo, tempo primo) - David Ellis: Chamber Music and Songs -
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Fipple-Baguette, Three Encores for Solo Recorder, Op. 76: I. Round Dance (Lively with Humour) - David Ellis: Chamber Music and Songs -
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Fipple-Baguette, Three Encores for solo Recorder, Op. 76: II. Sarabande with Doubles (Solemn) - David Ellis: Chamber Music and Songs -
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Fipple-Baguette, Three Encores for solo recorder, Op. 76: III. End-Piece (Vigorous) - David Ellis: Chamber Music and Songs -
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Concerto Corto e Dolce for Recorder, Viola and Harp, Op. 80: I. Leisurely - David Ellis: Chamber Music and Songs -
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Concerto Corto e Dolce for Recorder, Viola and Harp, Op. 80: II. Adagio, Poco Presto, Adagio - David Ellis: Chamber Music and Songs -
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Concerto Corto e Dolce for Recorder, Viola and Harp, Op. 80: III. Vivo - David Ellis: Chamber Music and Songs -
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Four Songs (of Hope and Desire), for High Voice and Piano, Op. 57: I. You Did Not Know Me - David Ellis: Chamber Music and Songs -
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Four Songs (of Hope and Desire), for High Voice and Piano, Op. 57: II. Not These Sounds, My Friends! - David Ellis: Chamber Music and Songs -
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Four Songs (of Hope and Desire), for High Voice and Piano, Op. 57: III. If My Songs Were Given Wings - David Ellis: Chamber Music and Songs -
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Four Songs (of Hope and Desire), for High Voice and Piano, Op. 57: IV. River Turn Your Tide - David Ellis: Chamber Music and Songs -
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Divertimento Elegiaco (In memoriam Ida Carroll), for Recorder, Harpsichord and Cello, Op. 54: I. Canticle (Poco Adagio) - David Ellis: Chamber Music and Songs -
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Divertimento Elegiaco (In memoriam Ida Carroll), for Recorder, Harpsichord and Cello, Op. 54: II. Impromptu (Vivace Ritmico) - David Ellis: Chamber Music and Songs -
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Divertimento Elegiaco (In memoriam Ida Carroll), for Recorder, Harpsichord and Cello, Op. 54: III. Chaconne (Moderato con moto) - David Ellis: Chamber Music and Songs -
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Berceuse, for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 47: No. 1 - David Ellis: Chamber Music and Songs -
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A Little Cantata, for Soprano and Recorder - David Ellis: Chamber Music and Songs -
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An Image of Truth, for Soprano, Recorder and Piano, Op. 35a - David Ellis: Chamber Music and Songs -
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Dewpoint, for Soprano, Clarinet and Piano, Op. 10: I. Night's Still Infancy - David Ellis: Chamber Music and Songs -
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Dewpoint, for Soprano, Clarinet and Piano, Op. 10: II. The Gentle Touch of Purpose - David Ellis: Chamber Music and Songs -
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Dewpoint, for Soprano, Clarinet and Piano, Op. 10: III. Love, a Dark Stranger - David Ellis: Chamber Music and Songs -
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Dewpoint, for Soprano, Clarinet and Piano, Op. 10: IV. The Clouds Will Shroud the Fire - David Ellis: Chamber Music and Songs -
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