Isabel Turner (April 6, 1936 – October 26, 2021) was a British-born Canadian politician, who was Mayor of Kingston, Ontario from 2000 to 2003. She served as a board member of the

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of the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Culture between 2006 and 2012. Turner died of

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on October 26, 2021, at the age of 85.

Early life

Turner was born in the village of Kingston in

Moray Moray () gd, Moireibh or ') is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with a coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland. Between 1975 ...

, Scotland, and emigrated to

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in 1956. She married dentist John Turner, also from Kingston, and they had three children, and six grandchildren together. She lived in

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, from 1968 until her death.

Career

Turner entered politics in 1980 and became the first woman

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on Kingston Township Council. Elected in 1985, she went on to serve as reeve for the next 12 years, as well as on the

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Council. She was elected mayor of the amalgamated City of Kingston in 2000 and served in that position until 2003, when she was succeeded by

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. In 2002, she was awarded the

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in recognition of her many contributions to the Kingston community, and she thereafter had a

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branch in the

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system named in her honour.

References

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