The 1948 Progressive Conservative leadership election was held to choose a leader for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. The convention was held at the Ottawa Coliseum in Ottawa, Ontario, C
George Drew
John Diefenbaker in the Toronto Star, 1960
Donald Fleming
John Diefenbaker
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John George Diefenbaker was the 13th prime minister of Canada, serving from 1957 to 1963. He was the only Progressive Conservative party leader between 1935 and 1979 to lead the party to an election v
1948 Progressive Conservative leadership convention
…George A. Drew, 54, had been Premier of Ontario since 1943. John Diefenbaker, 53, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lake Centre, Saskatchewan since 1940, announced his second bid for the leadership having run unsuccessfully in…
Diefenbaker in 1957
John Diefenbaker's birthplace
Diefenbaker as a law student, c. 1919
Recreation of Diefenbaker's first office, Wakaw, Saskatchewan