"I'm not just in this race so you will remember my name at some future date. I'm not here now for some next time. I am not bidding now for your consideration for some vague convention in 1984- perhaps when I've mellowed a bit. My time is now and now is no time for mellow men!"
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1968 Liberal Party Leadership convention speech, April 5, 1968. Turner would, in fact, win the 1984 convention rather than the 1968 one. ()
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John Turner
John Napier Wyndham Turner (born June 7, 1929 – September 18, 2020) was a retired Canadian politician. He was Prime Minister of Canada from 1984-06-30 to 1984-09-17.
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