♂ Lester B. Pearson ♦
 United Church |
Record 48682 · 10570 |
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| Type of record Elected candidate ✓ Known but unelected candidate Perennial candidate |
Deceased | Performance: 100%
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| Birth | Death | Lived | Died in office |
| 23 April 1897 (126 years 11 months ago) |
27 December 1972 (51 years 3 months ago) |
75 years 8 months | No |
Service in elected office
| Legislature | Total | Government | Opposition | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada |
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| The calculations in years, months and days are approximate and might be off by a few days due to the base date used for these calculations. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leadership roles
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| # | Legislature | Party | M | Int | Role | Age | Dates | y | m | d | |
| 1. | CA | 20–22 | LIB | 1 | Minister of State/responsible | 51–60 | 10 Sep 1948 — 20 Jun 1957 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 2. | CA | 23–25 | LIB | 1 | Opposition Leader | 60–65 | 16 Jan 1958 — 21 Apr 1963 | 5 | 3 | 5 | |
| 3. | CA | 23–27 | LIB | 1 | Party leader | 60–70 | 16 Jan 1958 — 05 Apr 1968 | 10 | 2 | 20 | |
| 4. | CA | 26–27 | LIB | 1 | Prime Minister | 65–70 | 22 Apr 1963 — 19 Apr 1968 | 4 | 11 | 28 | |
| 1. External Affairs |
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Electoral history
| → 8 recorded electoral participations → 9 electoral path points |
No documented challenger |
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| Federal Ass.: 20 |
Ontario | Algoma East | |||||||
| 25 October 1948 | Age: 51 |
→ New to Parliament | |||||||
| By-Election | ✓ | 1/3 | LIB | 56.43% | 4,685 of 8,303 | Elig.: 13,264 | Parti.: 62.60% | ||
| Loser > | CCF | 28.69% | 2,382 (-2,303) | Lorne D. Callaghan m | |||||
| ID: 23375(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET | Service: 0 year 8 months 1 day (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 21 |
Ontario | Algoma East | |||||||
| 27 June 1949 | Age: 52 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/3 | LIB | 54.75% | 6,184 of 11,294 | Elig.: 16,250 | Parti.: 70.01% | ||
| Loser > | PC | 25.75% | 2,908 (-3,276) | Grant H. Turner m | |||||
| ID: 23453(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET | Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 22 |
Ontario | Algoma East | |||||||
| 10 August 1953 | Age: 56 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | LIB | 65.90% | 7,494 of 11,371 | Elig.: 16,861 | Parti.: 68.04% | ||
| Loser > | PC | 34.10% | 3,877 (-3,617) | George H. Bishop m | |||||
| ID: 23754(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET | Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 23 |
Ontario | Algoma East | |||||||
| 10 June 1957 | Age: 60 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/3 | LIB | 52.00% | 8,574 of 16,487 | Elig.: 25,425 | Parti.: 65.51% | ||
| Loser > | PC | 34.92% | 5,757 (-2,817) | H. Merton Mulligan m | |||||
| ID: 24036(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET | Service: 0 year 9 months 20 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 24 |
Ontario | Algoma East | |||||||
| 31 March 1958 | Age: 60 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/3 | LIB | 51.66% | 11,240 of 21,757 | Elig.: 25,425 | Parti.: 85.57% | ||
| Loser > | PC | 37.73% | 8,208 (-3,032) | Basil Scully m | |||||
| ID: 24302(F) — 11 Sep 2021 12:52 ET | Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 25 |
Ontario | Algoma East | |||||||
| 18 June 1962 | Age: 65 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/3 | LIB | 57.56% | 11,934 of 20,733 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | PC | 27.16% | 5,631 (-6,303) | Alex Berthelot m | |||||
| ID: 24579(F) — 11 Sep 2021 13:02 ET | Service: 0 year 9 months 20 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 26 |
Ontario | Algoma East | |||||||
| 8 April 1963 | Age: 65 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/4 | LIB | 52.18% | 10,817 of 20,730 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | PC | 29.65% | 6,146 (-4,671) | Paul Jewell m | |||||
| ID: 24843(F) — 11 Sep 2021 13:05 ET | Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 27 |
Ontario | Algoma East | |||||||
| 8 November 1965 | Age: 68 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/3 | LIB | 54.15% | 9,268 of 17,114 | Elig.: 22,807 | Parti.: 75.88% | ||
| Loser > | PC | 33.85% | 5,793 (-3,475) | Joel W. Alfred m | |||||
| ID: 25112(F) — 11 Sep 2021 13:10 ET | Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 28 |
Ontario | Algoma | |||||||
| 25 June 1968 | Age: 71 |
Incumbent did not run in this election | Exit from legislature → | ||||||
| General | |||||||||
| Successor > | LIB | 50.57% | 9,542 of 18,869 | Maurice B. Foster m ( 34 ) | |||||
| ID: 9957(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET | |||||||||
| → 4 online biographical references |
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| Lg | Hyperlink | Retrieved on |
| EN | Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo): The Right Hon. Lester Bowles Pearson, P.C., C.C., O.M., O.B.E., M.P. | 15 Apr 2024 |
| FR | Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo): Le très hon. Lester Bowles Pearson, C.P., C.C., O.M., O.B.E., député | 15 Apr 2024 |
| EN | Wikipedia: Lester B. Pearson | 15 Apr 2024 |
| FR | Wikipédia: Lester B. Pearson | 15 Apr 2024 |
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