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Prime Minister John Turner's best speeches came late in the battle
Prime Minister John Turner's best speeches came late in the battle

Prime Minister John Turner's best speeches came late in the battle

Date8/31/1984
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Original Toronto Star caption: Prime Minister John Turner's best speeches came late in the battle. But performances like this one at Harborfront last week were barn-burners of the highest order.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0086824F
Performance improved: After a rocky start in the opening weeks of the campaign, Prime Minister John Turner improved noticeably, but the change probably came too late
Performance improved: After a rocky start in the opening weeks of the campaign, Prime Minister John Turner improved noticeably, but the change probably came too late
8/24/1984
Turners celebrate: Liberal leader John Turner and his wife, Geills, cut a giant cake prepared for them by Villa Colombo in North York during a party celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary
Turners celebrate: Liberal leader John Turner and his wife, Geills, cut a giant cake prepared for them by Villa Colombo in North York during a party celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary
5/18/1988
Premiers ponder a day of speeches, Premiers attending the first ministers' conference in Toronto appear deep in thought during yesterday's opening session
Premiers ponder a day of speeches, Premiers attending the first ministers' conference in Toronto appear deep in thought during yesterday's opening session
11/26/1987
Larger than life-While the speeches were going on at an election rally in Nathan Phillips Square last night this little girl just stood entranced by a huge picture of Rosedale Progressive Conservative candidate Warren Beamish. Beamish is running against cabinet minister Donald S. Macdonald.
Larger than life-While the speeches were going on at an election rally in Nathan Phillips Square last night this little girl just stood entranced by a huge picture of Rosedale Progressive Conservative candidate Warren Beamish. Beamish is running against cabinet minister Donald S. Macdonald.
10/27/1972
Premiers ponder a day of speeches, Premiers attending the first ministers' conference in Toronto appear deep in thought during yesterday's opening session
Premiers ponder a day of speeches, Premiers attending the first ministers' conference in Toronto appear deep in thought during yesterday's opening session
11/26/1987
11 speeches: The Queen Mother was smiling when she arrived, and 400 handshakes, 11 speeches and four hours later she was still smiling
11 speeches: The Queen Mother was smiling when she arrived, and 400 handshakes, 11 speeches and four hours later she was still smiling
6/25/1965
Geills and John: The Turners show high spirits at a recent rally
Geills and John: The Turners show high spirits at a recent rally
10/1/1988
Where now?: Liberal leader John Turner's recent downturn in one opinion poll has symbolic significance
Where now?: Liberal leader John Turner's recent downturn in one opinion poll has symbolic significance
5/14/1987
Speeches of Dr. John Rolph and Christoph'r A. Hagerman, esq., His Majesty's solicitor general, on the bill for appropriating the proceeds of the clerg(...)
Speeches of Dr. John Rolph and Christoph'r A. Hagerman, esq., His Majesty's solicitor general, on the bill for appropriating the proceeds of the clerg(...)
1837
It's not a sissy sport, says Margot Nutzenberger, the head girls' coach of North York Turners, a 150-Member gymnastics club. She's distresed so few ma(...)
It's not a sissy sport, says Margot Nutzenberger, the head girls' coach of North York Turners, a 150-Member gymnastics club. She's distresed so few ma(...)
11/1/1969
Turner's Crusaders
Turner's Crusaders
10/28/1988
Mrs. Turner's cautionary stories
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1897