John Herbert Turner

John Herbert Turner
11th Premier of British Columbia
In office March 4, 1895 – August 8, 1898
Monarch	Victoria
Lieutenant Governor	Edgar Dewdney Thomas Robert McInnes
Preceded by	Theodore Davie
Succeeded by	Charles Augustus Semlin
Personal details
Born	(1834-05-07)May 7, 1834 Claydon, England
Died	December 9, 1923(1923-12-09) (aged 89) Richmond, England
Nationality	Canadian
Political party	None

John Herbert Turner (May 7, 1834 – December 9, 1923) was a British Columbia politician. Born in Claydon, Suffolk, England, Turner moved to British North America and worked as a merchant in Halifax and Charlottetown. In 1862 he moved to Victoria, British Columbia and founded Turner, Beeton and Co. which was involved in salmon canning, insurance and finance, importing and wholesaling.

He entered politics serving as mayor of Victoria from 1876 to 1881 and entered the provincial legislature in 1886 in the constituency of Victoria City. He served as minister of finance under successive Premiers from 1887 to 1895 and as the 11th Premier of the province from 1895 to 1898. From 1901 to 1915 he was the province's representative in London where he retired. He died in Richmond in 1923.

References

• "John Herbert Turner". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2005.  Check date values in: |date= (help)

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