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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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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object 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
    Russell, Jim
    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
    Slaughter, Mike
    5/18/1988
    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.
    Lennon, Frank
    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
    Faught, Ken
    11/26/1987
    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
    Bourassa, Robert, 1933-1996
    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
    Margaret, Princess, Countess of Snowdon, 1930-2002
    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
    Bock, Tony
    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
    Toronto Star (Firm)
    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(...)
    Hagerman, Christopher Alexander, 1792-1847
    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(...)
    Darrell, Dick
    11/1/1969
    Turner's Crusaders
    Turner's Crusaders
    Slaughter, Mike
    10/28/1988
    Holding turner's fate
    Holding turner's fate
    Coutts, Jim
    9/19/1986