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
Diefenbaker in 1957
John Diefenbaker's birthplace
Diefenbaker as a law student, c. 1919
Recreation of Diefenbaker's first office, Wakaw, Saskatchewan
Louis St. Laurent
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Louis Stephen St. Laurent was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 12th prime minister of Canada from 1948 to 1957.
John Diefenbaker
…proclivity for letting its wartime powers become permanent. In early 1948, Mackenzie King, now aged 73, announced his retirement; later that year Louis St. Laurent succeeded him. Although Bracken had nearly doubled the Tory representation in the House, prominent Tories were increasingly unhappy with his leadership…
St. Laurent, c. 1948
Louis and Jeanne on their wedding day, May 19, 1908
St. Laurent as a lawyer, 1936
St. Laurent (left) and Prime Minister King (right) at the San Francisco Conference, May 1945