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♂ Lester Bowles Pearson
aliasLester (Mike) Pearson
Record
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☆   United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 8 0 8
Birth 23 April 1897 → 127 years ago
Lived 75 years + 8 months
First mandate 25 October 1948 → 75 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 6 months
Death 27 December 1972 → 51 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 4 years + 6 months after 24 June 1968
Special notes
None
 
Lester Bowles (Mike) Pearson (1897–1972)
© Photo 1957 Fondation Nobel / Associated Press — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
With his government programs and policies, together with his ground­breaking work at the United Nations and in international diplomacy, including his role in ending the Suez Crisis, Pearson is considered among the most influential Canadians of the 20th century and is ranked among the greatest Canadian prime ministers. Yet both governments he formed (in 1963 and 1965) were minorities.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 19 7 22

Leadership roles

  Duration
# 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

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 13,264 Votes: 8,303 Participation: 62.60% Candidacies: 3
Federal
20		 Ontario
25 October 1948
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23375(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
51
LIB
 1/3 4,685 56.43% +2,303 Loser:
CCF
 2,382 28.69% Lorne D. Callaghan

Service: 8 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,250 Votes: 11,376 Participation: 70.01% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Ontario
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23453(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 1/3 6,184 54.75% +3,276 Loser:
PC
 2,908 25.75% Grant H. Turner

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,861 Votes: 11,473 Participation: 68.04% Candidacies: 2
Federal
22		 Ontario
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23754(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIB
 1/2 7,494 65.90% +3,617 Loser:
PC
 3,877 34.10% George H. Bishop

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 25,425 Votes: 16,656 Participation: 65.51% Candidacies: 3
Federal
23		 Ontario
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24036(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 1/3 8,574 52.00% +2,817 Loser:
PC
 5,757 34.92% H. Merton Mulligan

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 25,425 Votes: 21,757 Participation: 85.57% Candidacies: 3
Federal
24		 Ontario
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24302(F) — 11 Sep 2021 12:52 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
60
LIB
 1/3 11,240 51.66% +3,032 Loser:
PC
 8,208 37.73% Basil Scully

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 20,733 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
25		 Ontario
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24579(F) — 11 Sep 2021 13:02 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
65
LIB
 1/3 11,934 57.56% +6,303 Loser:
PC
 5,631 27.16% Alex Berthelot

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 20,730 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Ontario
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24843(F) — 11 Sep 2021 13:05 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
65
LIB
 1/4 10,817 52.18% +4,671 Loser:
PC
 6,146 29.65% Paul Jewell

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 22,807 Votes: 17,307 Participation: 75.88% Candidacies: 3
Federal
27		 Ontario
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25112(F) — 11 Sep 2021 13:10 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
68
LIB
 1/3 9,268 54.15% +3,475 Loser:
PC
 5,793 33.85% Joel W. Alfred

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 18,869 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9957(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
71		 Successor:
LIB
 9,542 50.57% Maurice B. Foster

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  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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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 15 Apr 2024 22:10 (but data presented dynamically)

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