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Lester B. Pearson
Lester Bowles Pearson was a Canadian politician, diplomat, and scholar who served as the 14th prime minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968. He also served as leader of the Liberal Party from 1958 to 1968 and as leader of the Official Opposition from 1958 to 1963.
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politics · Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968 · politician · ice hockey player · diplomat · historian · military personnel · university teacher · senior civil servant · writer · ambassador · also Lester B. Pearson, Mike Pearson, Lester Pearson, Pearson
Born 23 April 1897 · Died 27 December 1972 · Q128604
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2026· 1 entry
2024· 1 entry
Foreign Affairs: Lester B. Pearson
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2006· 1 entry
Is a four-storey affordable housing building in Newtonbrook, Toronto, near his place of birth, and adjacent to Newtonbrook United Church
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1994· 1 entry
Is an independent not-for-profit institution providing research and training on all aspects of peace operations
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1979· 1 entry
Is an award given out annually by the United Nations Association in Canada to recognize an individual Canadian's "contribution to international service"
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1974· 2 entries
Awarded Albert B. Corey Prize (1974).
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As the second United World College, near Victoria, British Columbia
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1973· 2 entries
Is the headquarters for the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, a tribute to his service as external affairs minister
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And 1975, but are tainted with the biases of their ghostwriters
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1972· 3 entries
Died 1972-12-27.
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Was chancellor of Carleton University
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“Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.”
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1971· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Merit (1971).
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To 2010, when its name was changed to the Ted Lindsay Award to honour one of the union's pioneers
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1970· 1 entry
Pearson underwent surgery to have his right eye removed to remove a tumour in that area
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1969· 2 entries
Awarded Herzl Award (1969).
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Career landmark: Chancellor of Carleton University (1969–1972).
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1968· 2 entries
Awarded Companion of the Order of Canada (1968).
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“Former Prime Minister of Canada. For his services to Canada at home and abroad.”
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1967· 3 entries
Pearson presided over the Canadian Centennial celebrations
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Pearson's government introduced a discrimination-free points-based system which encouraged immigration to Canada, the first country to do so
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French president Charles de Gaulle made a visit to Quebec
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1966· 1 entry
The Canada Assistance Plan was introduced, under which the federal government supported provincial social assistance costs (including half the cost of various health services for those in need such as eyeglasses, dental
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1965· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1965–1968).
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1963· 3 entries
The Liberals were almost nonexistent in the Prairies, winning only one seat there, that of Veterans Affairs minister Roger Teillet
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Canada (1963–1968).
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Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1963–1965).
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1962· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1962–1963).
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1958· 3 entries
Career landmark: Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada (1958–1968).
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Career landmark: Leader of the Official Opposition (1958–1963).
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Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1958–1962).
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1957· 5 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for his crucial contribution to the deployment of a United Nations Emergency Force in the wake of the Suez Crisis.
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Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1957).
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For his role in resolving the Suez Crisis through the United Nations one year earlier, Pearson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
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Pearson won the Nobel Peace Prize for proposing the United Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Crisis, for which he received worldwide attention
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Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1957–1958).
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1953· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1953–1957).
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1952· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate at the Laval University (1952).
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1950· 1 entry
Awarded Canadian Newsmaker of the Year (1950).
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1949· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1949–1953).
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1948· 3 entries
Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1948–1949).
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As Secretary of State for External Affairs, serving in that position until 1957 in the governments of William Lyon Mackenzie King and Louis St
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Before his retirement, prime minister King appointed Pearson Secretary of State for External Affairs in the Liberal government
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1944· 2 entries
Became the second Canadian ambassador to the United States on 1 January 1945
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Career landmark: Canadian ambassador to the United States (1944–1946).
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1939· 1 entry
And renamed with its current name in 1984, is Canada's busiest airport
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1927· 1 entry
After scoring top marks on the Canadian foreign service entry exam, he then embarked on a career in the Department of External Affairs
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1925· 1 entry
Married Maryon Moody, from Winnipeg, who had been one of his students at the University of Toronto
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1918· 1 entry
Pearson was hit by a bus in London during a citywide blackout and was sent home to recuperate, being demobilised on 11 April 1919
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1915· 1 entry
Entered overseas service with the Canadian Army Medical Corps as a stretcher-bearer with the rank of private, and was subsequently promoted to corporal
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1897· 1 entry
Born 1897-04-23.
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