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Lester Bowles Pearson

 
14th Prime Minister of Canada

April 22, 1963 - April 20, 1968

 

Born

  • April 23, 1897, Newton Brook, Ontario

Education

  • University of Toronto, B.A. 1919
  • Oxford University, B.A. Modern History 1923, M.A. 1925

Personal Status

  • Married 1925, Maryon Moody (1902-1991)
  • One daughter, one son

Professional Life

  • 1914-1918 Lieutenant, Canadian Army Medical Corps and Flying Officer, Royal Flying Corps
  • 1923-1928 History lecturer, University of Toronto
  • 1928-1948 Department of External Affairs
  • 1945-1946 Canadian Ambassador to the United States
  • 1946 Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs
  • 1951-1952 Chairman of the NATO Council
  • 1952-1953 President of the United Nations General Assembly
  • 1969-1972 Professor and Chancellor, Carleton University
  • Author

Died

  • December 27, 1972, Ottawa, Ontario

Buried

Party

  • Liberal
  • 1958-1968 Party Leader

Constituencies

  • 1948-1968 Algoma East, Ontario

Other Ministries

  • 1948-1957 External Affairs

Political Record

  • Nobel Peace Prize 1957
  • Leader of the Opposition 1958-1963
  • Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism 1963
  • Canada Pension Plan 1965
  • Canada-United States Automotive Agreement (Auto Pact) 1965
  • New national flag 1965
  • Universal medicare 1966
  • Centennial celebrations 1967

 
Source:  Government of Canada
   

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