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Geills Turner
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Geills McCrae Kilgour
December 23, 1937 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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| Known for | Spouse of the Prime Minister of Canada |
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| Children | 4 |
| Relatives | David Kilgour (brother) |
Geills Turner (born December 23, 1937) is a Canadian businesswoman. She was married to John Turner, who was Canada's 17th Prime Minister of Canada. Her first name sounds like "Jill".
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Growing Up and Education
Geills Turner was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was the oldest of three children. Her great-uncle was John McCrae, who wrote the famous poem In Flanders Fields. Her brother, David Kilgour, later became a Member of Parliament for Alberta.
Geills grew up in a well-off family. She was very good at science and math. She studied at McGill University and earned a degree in math and physics. After that, she went to Harvard Business School for a special business course. When she finished her studies, she moved to Montreal to work for IBM.
Meeting John Turner
Geills met John Turner when she was helping with his first election campaign in 1962. She even helped bring computers into his campaign, which was quite new at the time! They got married in 1963. Together, they had four children: Elizabeth (born 1964), Michael (born 1965), David (born 1968), and James Andrew (born 1972).
Life as a Prime Minister's Spouse
Her husband, John Turner, served as the Prime Minister of Canada for a short time in 1984. He was Prime Minister from June 30 to September 17.
Geills Turner preferred to keep her own identity. She did not want to always be in the public eye just because of her husband's job. She also did not like how she was sometimes shown in the news. Because of this, she tried to stay away from the media.
After Politics
After her family moved back to Toronto, Geills Turner decided to study photography. She took a four-year program at Ryerson University.
In 2008, Geills Turner was involved in a discussion about some historical items. She wanted to have some wartime medals that belonged to her great-uncle, John McCrae. These medals had been given to the McCrae House museum. The issue was settled in 2012, and the medals stayed with the museum.
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