Former Canada PM Turner, who was in office for just 11 weeks, dies aged 91

FILE PHOTO: Former Canadian prime minister John Turner addresses the Liberal convention in Montreal, December 2, 2006. REUTERS/Shaun Best

OTTAWA - Former Canadian Prime Minister John Turner, who was in office for just 11 weeks and led his Liberal Party to a massive electoral defeat in 1984, died on Saturday aged 91, media reported.

Turner, who had previously held the posts of finance and justice minister, took over from Pierre Trudeau in late June 1984 at a time of increasing voter fatigue with the Liberals, who had been in power for 20 of the previous 21 years.