Lester Bowles Pearson

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Born 1897, Died 1972

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 Life

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

Occupations

• 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

Political 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

Died

• December 27, 1972, Ottawa, Ontario
• Grave site: Maclaren Cemetery, Wakefield, Quebec

Source: Canada's Prime Ministers, 1867-1994. [Ottawa]: National Archives of Canada, c1994. 20 p.