John Herbert Turner

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, on Vancouver Island, and founded Turner, Beeton and Co., which was involved in salmon canning, insurance and finance, importing and wholesaling.

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
MLA for Victoria City
In office July 7, 1886 – October 3, 1903 Serving with Robert Beaven, Theodore Davie, Edward Gawler Prior, John Grant, George Lawson Milne, John Braden, Henry Dallas Helmcken, Robert Paterson Rithet, Richard Hall, Albert Edward McPhillips
Preceded by	Montague William Tyrwhitt-Drake
Succeeded by	Richard Low Drury
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
Spouse	Elizabeth Eilbeck ​ (m. 1860)​
Children	1 son
Residence	Victoria, British Columbia
Occupation	businessman
Profession	politician

Turner 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 British Columbia 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

• Mouat, Jeremy (2005). "Turner, John Herbert". In Cook, Ramsay; Bélanger, Réal (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XV (1921–1930) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.