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Lester Bowles Pearson
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14th Prime Minister of Canada
April 22, 1963 - April 20, 1968
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Born
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- April 23, 1897, Newton Brook, Ontario
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Education
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- University of Toronto, B.A. 1919
- Oxford University, B.A. Modern History 1923, M.A. 1925
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Personal Status
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- Married 1925, Maryon Moody (1902-1991)
- One daughter, one son
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Professional Life
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- 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
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Died
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- December 27, 1972, Ottawa, Ontario
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Buried
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Party
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- Liberal
- 1958-1968 Party Leader
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Constituencies
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- 1948-1968 Algoma East, Ontario
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Other Ministries
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- 1948-1957 External Affairs
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Political Record
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- 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
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