Biography of Lester Bowles Pearson (original) (raw)

The Right Honourable

Lester Bowles Pearson

THE POLITICAL POWER

• 22 April 1963 - 20 April 1968

BORN

• 23 April 1897, Newtonbrook, Ontario

EDUCATION

• University of Toronto (B.A.)
• Oxford University (M.A. and Honorary Doctor of Laws)

PERSONAL STATUS

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

OCCUPATION

• 1914 - 1918 Canadian Army Medical Corps and Royal Flying Corps
• 1923 History lecturer, University of Toronto
• 1928 Joined the Department of External Affairs
• 1935 - 1941 First Secretary to the Canadian High Commission, London
• 1942 Second in command at the Canadian Legation in Washington
• 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 Asssembly
• Author

PARTY

• Liberal
• 1958 - 1968 Party Leader

CONSTITUENCIES

• 1948 - 1968 Algoma East, Ontario

OTHER MINISTRIES

• 1948 - 1957 External Affairs

POLITICAL RECORD

• Nobel Peace Prize 1957
• Responsible for Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism 1963 - 1967
• Canada Pension Plan 1965
• Canada-United States Automotive Agreement (Auto Pact) 1965
• New National Flag 1965

DIED

• 27 December 1972, Ottawa, Ontario

BURIED

• Maclaren Cemetery, Wakefield, Quebec

[ back ] [ home ] [ français ] [ e-mail ] [ Collections ]