Lester B. Pearson

Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson OM CC OBE PC PCc (23 Aprile 1897 – 27 December 1972) wis a Canadian scholar, statesman, sodger an diplomat, wha wan the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for organisin the Unitit Naitions Emergency Force tae resolve the Suez Canal Crisis. He wis the 14t Prime Meenister o Canadae frae 22 Aprile 1963 tae 20 Aprile 1968, as the heid o twa back-tae-back Liberal minority govrenments follaein elections in 1963 an 1965.

The Richt Honourable Lester B. Pearson OM CC OBE PC PCc
14t Prime Meenister o Canadae
In office 22 Apryle 1963 (1963-04-22) – 20 Apryle 1968 (1968-04-20)
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Govrenor General	Georges Vanier Roland Michener
Precedit bi	John Diefenbaker
Succeedit bi	Pierre Trudeau
Leader o the Liberal Pairty o Canadae
In office 16 Januar 1958 (1958-01-16) – 6 Apryle 1968 (1968-04-06)
Precedit bi	Louis St. Laurent
Succeedit bi	Pierre Trudeau
Leader o the Opposeetion
In office 16 Januar 1958 (1958-01-16) – 22 Apryle 1963 (1963-04-22)
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Meenister	John Diefenbaker
Precedit bi	Louis St. Laurent
Succeedit bi	John Diefenbaker
8t Secretar o State for Freemit Affairs
In office 10 September 1948 (1948-09-10) – 20 Juin 1957 (1957-06-20)
Prime Meenister	W. L. Mackenzie King Louis St. Laurent
Precedit bi	Louis St. Laurent
Succeedit bi	John Diefenbaker
2nt Canadian Ambassador tae the Unitit States
In office 1944–1946
Prime Meenister	William Mackenzie King
Precedit bi	Leighton McCarthy
Succeedit bi	H. H. Wrong
8t Preses o the Unitit Naitions General Assembly
In office 1952
Precedit bi	Luis Padilla Nervo
Succeedit bi	Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Member o the Canadian Pairlament for Algoma East
In office 25 October 1948 (1948-10-25) – 23 Apryle 1968 (1968-04-23)
Precedit bi	Thomas Farquhar
Succeedit bi	None (district abolished)
Personal details
Born	Lester Bowles Pearson 23 Apryle 1897(1897-04-23) Newtonbrook, Toronto, Ontario, Canadae
Dee'd	27 December 1972(1972-12-27) (aged 75) Ottawa, Ontario, Canadae
Restin place	MacLaren Cemetery, Wakefield, Quebec
Naitionality	Canadian
Poleetical pairty	Liberal
Spoose(s)	Maryon Pearson (m. 1925)
Bairns	Geoffrey Pearson, Patricia Pearson
Eddication	Victoria College, Toronto (B.A.) St John's College, Oxford (B.A., M.A.)
Profession	Diplomat, historian, sodger
Religion	Christianity (Methodist)
Awairds	Nobel Prize for Peace (1957)
Signatur
Militar service
Eikname(s)	"Mike"
Allegiance	Canadae
Service/brainch	Canadian Airmy-Permanent Active Militia Ryal Fleein Corps
Years o service	1915–18
Rank	Lieutenant Fleein Officer
Battles/wars	First Warld War