Lester B. Pearson

The Right Honourable Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson, PC, CC, OM, OBE (April 23, 1897 – December 27, 1972) was a Canadian statesman, diplomat and politician who was made a Nobel Laureate in 1957 and served as the fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada from April 22, 1963, to April 20, 1968.

Party leadership

He was elected leader of the Liberal Party at its 1958 leadership convention, but his party was badly routed in the election of that year. In the 1962 election, his party reduced the Progressive Conservative Party of John Diefenbaker to a minority government.

Related Topics:
1958 - Leadership convention - Election of that year - 1962 election - Progressive Conservative Party - John Diefenbaker - Minority government

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