Turner & Carless

Partnership of William Edward Carless(1881-1949) and Philip John Turner (1876-1943). William Edward Careless (his original spelling) was born and educated in Scotland. He had been invited to move to Canada by Percy Nobbs. By the time he was finally elected LRIBA on 22 April 1912, he had left Dundee for Canada, being based at 475 Guy Street, Montreal. It appears to be at this point that he changed his name to Carless. He worked briefly as an assistant to both Ross & MacFarlane and to Nobbs. In the summer of 1912 he met Philip John Turner, who had begun his career in Suffolk before emigrating to Montreal in 1908. In 1913 he and Philip Turner opened an office which remained active until c. 1915.