Editing John Turner (section)

==Early career==
[[File:Captain Burdock presnted with NORAD award Shield of Freedom.jpg|thumb|right|Turner presents Captain Burdock with the NORAD ''Shield of Freedom'' award, on [[CCGS John Cabot]] while it was docked at the [[Port of Montreal]]]]
Turner practised law, initially with the firm of [[Stikeman Elliott]] in [[Montreal]], Quebec.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our History|url=https://www.stikeman.com/en-ca/firm/history|access-date=September 20, 2020|website=Stikeman Elliott|language=en-CA|archive-date=September 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906032938/https://stikeman.com/en-ca/firm/history|url-status=live}}</ref> He was elected as Member of [[Parliament of Canada|Parliament]] for [[St. Lawrence—St. George]] in 1962 and was reelected there in every election until the riding's dissolution in 1968. He was the Member of Parliament for [[Ottawa—Carleton (federal electoral district)|Ottawa—Carleton]] from 1968 to 1976.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Parti liberal du Canada (Quebec)|url=https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/eppp-archive/100/205/300/liberal-ef/05-05-24/www.qc.liberal.ca/en/histoire/pml03.aspx|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018133541/https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/eppp-archive/100/205/300/liberal-ef/05-05-24/www.qc.liberal.ca/en/histoire/pml03.aspx|archive-date=October 18, 2017|access-date=September 20, 2020|website=www.collectionscanada.gc.ca}}</ref>

In 1965, while vacationing in [[Barbados]], Turner noticed that former prime minister and [[Leader of the Opposition (Canada)|Leader of the Opposition]] [[John Diefenbaker]], staying at the same hotel, was struggling in the strong [[ocean surface wave|surf]] and [[undertow (wave action)|undertow]]. Turner, a competitive swimmer while in university, jumped in and pulled Diefenbaker to shore.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/primeministers/h4-3432-e.html|title=A future prime minister rescues a former prime minister|date=January 29, 2002|work=First Among Equals|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|access-date=May 1, 2008|archive-date=December 11, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211182020/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/primeministers/h4-3432-e.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>