WORLD IN BRIEF : CANADA : Turner Resigning as Opposition Leader

John Turner, the leader of Canada’s Liberal Party, announced that he will resign as head of the official opposition and return to private law practice. Turner, 60, said he will keep his Vancouver district seat in the House of Commons and live in Toronto. Herb Gray of Windsor, Ontario, will take over as interim party leader. Turner will keep his post until a June 23 meeting, where six candidates will vie for the opening, including Turner’s former deputy prime minister, Jean Chretien. Turner served as prime minister for 79 days after taking over for Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau in 1984. The Liberals lost in a snap election that year and again in 1988.