Exhibit 5.1



                       FARRIS, VAUGHAN, WILLS & MURPHY
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                           BARRISTERS & SOLICITORS
                               [GRAPHIC OMITTED]



  Telephone: (604) 684-9151                   26th Floor, 700 West Georgia St.
  Facsimile:   (604) 661-9349                 Vancouver, British Columbia
  www.farris.com                              Canada V7Y 1B3



                                                              December 5, 2003



  TELUS Corporation
  8th Floor
  555 Robson Street
  Vancouver, British Columbia
  V6B 3K9
  Canada

  Dear Sirs:

                           Re:      TELUS Corporation --
                                    Registration Statement on Form S-8
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TELUS Corporation (the "Company"), a company organized under the laws of the
Province of British Columbia, Canada (the "Province"), has requested our
opinion in connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (the "Registration Statement") to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Act"). The Company shall register on the Registration Statement up to
1,100,000 of its non-voting shares (the "Employee Plan Non-Voting Shares"),
without par value, proposed to be issued pursuant to the TELUS Corporation
Employee Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated (the "Employee Plan"). The
Company shall also register on the Registration Statement up to 2,500,000 of
its non-voting shares (the "Option Plan Non-Voting Shares"), without par
value, proposed to be issued pursuant to the TELUS Corporation Share Option
and Compensation Plan, as amended and restated (the "Option Plan").

We have examined the Registration Statement and such other documents and
records of the Company as we have deemed relevant or necessary for the purpose
of the opinion set forth herein. In giving such opinion, we have assumed the
authenticity of all instruments presented to us as originals, the conformity
with originals of all instruments presented to us as copies and the
genuineness of all signatures.

We do not purport to be experts on and do not purport to be generally familiar
with or qualified to express legal opinions based on any law other than the
laws of the Province and the laws of Canada applicable therein and accordingly
express no legal opinion in respect of any other laws.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:
1.       upon issuance of the Employee Plan Non-Voting Shares of the Company
         pursuant to the exercise of options granted from time to time under
         the Employee Plan in accordance with the terms of the Employee Plan
         (including payment of the purchase price for such Employee Plan
         Non-Voting Shares), the Employee Plan Non-Voting Shares will be
         validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable; and
2.       that upon issuance of the Option Plan Non-Voting Shares of the
         Company pursuant to the exercise of options granted from time to time
         under the Option Plan in accordance with the terms of the Option Plan
         (including payment of the purchase price for such Option Plan
         Non-Voting Shares), the Option Plan Non-Voting Shares will be validly
         issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not admit that we are in
the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act.

                                       Yours truly,



                                       /s/ Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy