Prior to her election, Turner was a doctor in the Springburn area in Glasgow, Scotland for 25 years. Before that, she was an anesthetist for ten years. She was lured to seek political office due to the cut in services at Stobhill hospital. Turner also campaigned against Labour's treatment of the NHS. Because of this, she stood as a candidate in the Strathkelvin and Bearsden Holyrood By-Election of 2001. In that race, she got 7,572 votes or 18%. In 2003, she stood again in Strathkelvin and Bearsden on the same platform she used in 2001. This time, Turner won the seat with 10,988 votes or 31%. This win prompted the loser, Labour MSP Brian Fitzpatrick, to remark:
"Narrow win, big win, whatever, it is still a disappointment, but we are coming back for this seat."[1] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/2994313.stm)
Lana Turner (February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995) was an American actress famed early in her career for tight sweaters and smoldering sensuality and later in her career for sudsy romance films with maximum tragedy and glamorous gowns.
Turner earned the nickname the "Sweater Girl" due to a scene in her debut movie They Won't Forget (1937), in which her breasts bounced in a tight sweater.
Off-screen, Turner was married eight times to seven different husbands, and had many lovers, including Tyrone Power (whom she calls the love of her life in her autobiography), Howard Hughes (who is reported to have given her syphilis), and a minor gangster named Johnny Stompanato who was fatally stabbed by Turner's daughter, Cheryl Crane.
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