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Isabel Turner is a Canadian politician, who was Mayor of Kingston, Ontario from 2000 to 2003. She served as a board member of the St. Lawrence Parks Commission of the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Culture between 2006 and 2012.
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Early life
Turner was born in Scotland and emigrated to Canada in 1956. Married to a Kingston dentist, John Turner, she has three children, and six grandchildren. She has lived in Kingston since 1968.
Career
Turner entered politics in 1980 and became the first woman councillor on Kingston Township Council. Elected in 1985, she went on to serve as reeve for the next 12 years, as well as on the Frontenac County 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 Harvey Rosen.
In 2002, she was awarded the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal in recognition of her many contributions to the Kingston community, and she has since had a public library branch in the Kingston Frontenac Public Library system named in her honour.