1. John Garth Turner is a Canadian business journalist, author, entrepreneur, broadcaster, financial advisor, and politician, twice elected as a Member of the House of Commons, former Minister of National Revenue and leadership candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
Garth Turner's great-grandfather, Ebenezer Vining Bodwell, was a Liberal Member of Parliament.
Garth Turner earned a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from the University of Toronto, and a Master of Arts in English literature from the University of Western Ontario.
Garth Turner claimed that, during his university years, he joined The Waffle group within the New Democratic Party.
Garth Turner worked as an editor for The Globe and Mail, Metroland Publishing and Thomson Newspapers, and helped launch Maclean's as a newsweekly magazine.
Garth Turner was business editor of the Toronto Sun for ten years.
Garth Turner became a candidate for the leadership of the PC Party in 1993, placing fourth on the first ballot.
Garth Turner became a popular public speaker on financial issues, syndicated newspaper columnist and radio broadcaster.
Also, during this period, Garth Turner became a public speaker, traveling the country and attracting crowds at events often sponsored by financial advisory companies, banks, mutual fund companies and real estate investment companies.
Garth Turner is the founder and former CEO of The Credit River Company, a Caledon-based destination and eco-tourism company that restored heritage buildings in the area.
Garth Turner served as national director of the Vancouver-based Sierra Legal Defence Fund, an organization dedicated to upholding environmental laws, resigning after his return to the House of Commons.
Garth Turner's subsequent book, After the Crash, which was published in early 2009, is an examination of the financial crisis gripping North America.
Garth Turner relaunched his pre-election eco-tourism business with the purchase of the historic Cataract Inn, in Caledon, Ontario, outside of Toronto.
Garth Turner returned to his national speaking tours, focusing on investor education in a string of events sponsored by prominent companies in the financial services sector.
Garth Turner returned to politics with his election as a Conservative MP for Halton, which included most of the territory he had represented in his previous term, in the 2006 general election.
Garth Turner was very critical of former Liberal cabinet minister David Emerson's floor-crossing to the Conservatives.
The Conservative Party never furnished evidence of Garth Turner's alleged breaches of confidentiality, while Garth Turner argued Prime Minister Stephen Harper could not tolerate an independent-minded MP within his caucus.
On October 19,2006, the Toronto Star reported that Garth Turner was being courted to become the first ever Green Party of Canada member of Parliament.
The Conservative Party has criticized this decision as contrary to Garth Turner's often-declared principle of electoral accountability to voters.
Garth Turner is a blogger, posting daily on economics and real estate at GreaterFool.