Lester B Pearson The Best Prime Minister Canada Has Ever Had Who is the best prime minister Canada ever had? Some may say that it is Pierre Trudeau for how similar he was to the citizens at the time, or maybe John A Macdonald due to him being the first prime minister of Canada, or even Justin Trudeau because he may be like his father (Pierre Trudeau) just better and more influential. Personally, I believe that Lester B Pearson is the best prime minister Canada ever had. I believe this as a result
Assignment: Lester B. Pearson Lester Bowles Pearson was a Canadian professor, statesman, soldier, politician, and the former Secretary of State for External Affairs of Canada. He was born in Toronto April 23, 1897 and died in 1972 in Ottawa. Pearson was the prime minister of Canada in 1963 until 1968, he was the 14th prime minister of Canada. Pearson graduated from the University of Toronto. Then he won a fellowship in the University of Oxford to study business and law ("Lester B. Pearson Wikipedia")
Lester B Pearson was born April 23 1897 and died December 27 1972. During his life Lester lived with his mother, father and his brother Vaughn. Lester experienced a lot during his life such as being in the Royal Flying Corps in Great Britain but then is hit by a bus and determined unfit to fly. Lester B Pearson had a great education. He won a scholarship at Oxford and came out with a masters degree in history. Eventually Lester Bowles Pearson became the Liberal Prime Minister who changed Canada
Lester B. Pearson has made many accomplishments throughout his life. He was the representative from Canada in the United Nations. He was the prime minister of Canada through 1963-1968. During his time of being Prime Minister, and even before, he has impacted Canada quite strongly. He is a very significant man because of the way he established Canadian Identity culturally, socially and through global relationships. He was the man who introduced ways to change Canada in order to improve lives. Firstly
One individual by the name of Lester Bowles Pearson changed Canada in a way very few have. Pearson was born in 1897 in a small town just outside of Toronto (www.nobelprize.org). His parents Edwin Pearson and Annie Sarah raised him. Little did they know their son would be one of the greatest Canadians of all time. Pearson was known as a diplomat, professor, historian and the Prime Minister of Canada from 1963-1968(www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca). Lester B. Pearson was a remarkable man with a dream
a symbolize Canada as its own country because there were many new immigrants coming into Canada which was making it a country of multiculturalism. Lester B. Pearson was the prime minister at this time and he thought that the idea of Canada choosing a new flag would make Canadians have a stronger feel of nationalism for their country. Lester B. Pearson quoted, “I believe that today a flag designed around the maple leaf will symbolize and be a true reflection of the new Canada” (Quinian et al, 2008:226)
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Lester Pearson Lester B. Pearson lived from 1897-1972. He was born on April 23 1897, in Newtonbrooke Ontario (now part of Toronto). He died on December 27 1972. He was born the son of a Methodist parson. As a child he worked very hard in school, and he became one of the minority of high school graduates who went on to college. In his studies he went to Victoria College and the Methodist College inside the University of Toronto. In his free time he played hockey and baseball. He then became a medical
him well as Prime Minister of Canada. In 1958, Diefenbaker would win the largest majority government in Canadian history upsetting the new leader of the Liberal Party, Lester B. Pearson, who had taken over for St. Laurent. In the election Diefenbaker would win 208 seats out of a possible 265 seats. The Liberal Party, led by Pearson would only be able to obtain 48 seats making them the Official Opposition. Five years after this historic win, John Diefenbaker would once again rewrite history by losing
The Suez Crisis started in 1956 and ended in 1957. Lester B. Pearson (he is Canadian) won a Nobel peace prize for thinking of making the world’s first, large-scale U.N peacekeeping force to cool down the situation in this conflict (JON TATTRIE, 2016). This conflict was between Great Britain, France and Egypt. The British and French soon teamed up and started bombing the Suez Canal. This is when Pearson developed the idea of the first large-scale peacekeeping force. The United