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Lester B. Pearson Garden for Peace and Understanding, E.J. Pratt Library in the University of Toronto, completed in 2004 [63] Lester B. Pearson Place, completed in 2006, is a four-storey affordable housing building in Newtonbrook, Toronto, near his place of birth, and adjacent to Newtonbrook United Church.
Nationally, the Liberals had just chosen a new leader, Lester Pearson, who had given an ill-advised maiden speech in Commons that asked Diefenbaker to resign and recommend the Governor General allow the Liberals to form a government without an election due to the recent economic downturn. Diefenbaker seized on the remark by describing a series ...
From left to right, with Pearson: Pierre Trudeau, John Turner and Jean Chrétien. All three would become Prime Ministers of Canada. Liberal leader and Prime Minister Lester Pearson announced on December 14, 1967, that he would be retiring in April 1968. [2] Pearson had been Liberal leader since 1958 and prime minister since 1963.
This article is the Electoral history of Lester B. Pearson, the fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada.. A Liberal, he served one term as prime minister (1963–1968).He led the Liberal Party in four general elections, losing two (1958 and 1962) to John Diefenbaker, and winning two (1963 and 1965), defeating Diefenbaker both times.
Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson had announced in December 1967 that he would retire early in the following year, calling a new leadership election for the following April to decide on a successor. In February 1968, however, Pearson's government nearly fell before the leadership election could even take place, when it was unexpectedly defeated ...
The 1965 Canadian federal election was held on November 8, 1965 to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 27th Parliament of Canada.The Liberal Party of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson was re-elected with a larger number of seats in the House.
Lester B. Pearson: Party Progressive Conservative: Liberal: Leader since December 14, 1956: January 16, 1958: Leader's seat Prince Albert: Algoma East: Last election 208 seats, 53.66% 48 seats, 33.40% Seats before 205 50 Seats won 116 99 Seat change 89 49 Popular vote 2,865,542 2,846,589 Percentage 37.22% 36.97% Swing 16.35pp: 3.57pp
The Nineteenth Canadian Ministry was the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. It governed Canada from 22 April 1963 to 20 April 1968, including all of the 26th , and 27th Canadian Parliaments .