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    Lester B. Pearson

    14th Prime Minister of Canada, from 1963 to 1968

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  1. Oct 7, 2008 · Perhaps more than any Canadian leader in history, Pearson embodies a certain archetypal notion of what it means to be Canadian. For better or worse, he popularized the idea of us as an understated, compassionate, peacemaking people - labels we're still negotiating four decades later.

  2. Spouse. Maryon Pearson. Religion. United Church of Canada. Lester Bowles Pearson, often referred to as " Mike, " PC, OM, CC, OBE, MA, LL.D. (April 23, 1897 – December 27, 1972) was a Canadian statesman, diplomat, and politician, who, in 1957, became the first Canadian to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

  3. SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. Lester Bowles " Mike " Pearson PC OM CC OBE (23 April 1897 – 27 December 1972) was a Canadian politician, diplomat, statesman, and scholar who served as the 14th Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968. Quick Facts 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Monarch ...

  4. Jun 11, 2020 · While breaking the news to the country, The Globe and Mail referred to him not as a professor, diplomat, or potential Liberal Leader, but as “a 60-year-old baseball fan.” 11 Baseball, from the very beginning, was a large part of Pearsons political identity. Pearson won the Liberal leadership in January 1958.

  5. This essay has elucidated on some of Lester B. Pearsons political values, nation-building projects and his themes on progress, opportunity and achievement.

  6. Dec 28, 1972 · OTTAWA, Thursday, Dec. 28 —Lester B. Pearson, former Prime Minister of Canada and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, died late last night of cancer at his home in Rockcliffe, an Ottawa suburb. He was ...

  7. Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson PC OM CC OBE (April 23, 1897 – December 27, 1972) was the 14th Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for organizing the first peacekeeping force. As Prime Minister, Pearson's government created universal health care and the Canada Pension Plan.

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