From St.

Laurent to Pearson: Canadas

Using your text book and devices complete the following chart.

Prime Minister
Louis St. Laurent
Years in Office:

John Diefenbaker
Years in Office:

Background

Character Details

Major Achievements

Significant Failures

He was a lawyer, professor,

politician. He was the son of
Louis Stephen St. Jean-Baptiste-Mose StLaurent PC CC Laurent and Mary Anne
QC, was the 12th Broderick.
Prime Minister of
Canada, from 15
November 1948
to 21 June 1957.

~became PM
~During Korean war, Canada sent 30,000
troops along with warships and other
equipment. St. Laurent was the PM during
the war duration.
~under his leadership, Canada extended old
age pensions, enacted hospital insurance and
approved provincial equalization payments.
~Newfoundland joined confederation

~American investment grew enormously.

People believed that Canada has sold out
to the U.S. allowing too much American
influence.

~was the only progressive

conservative party leader
between 1930-1979 leading
the party to an election
victory and did this thrice.
~was born in southwestern
Ontario in 1985. He grew up
in Saskatchewan
~post ww1, Diefenbaker
became known as a criminal
defence lawyer.

~ pensions for the elderly, disabled, and war

veterans were raised.
~ Aid given to Maritime and Prairie
provinces
~Developed the North and created jobs
~Passed Canadian Bill of Rights

~Lost the trust of Canadians

~ Cancelled Avro Arrow project

~John George
Diefenbaker, PC,
CH, QC was the
13th Prime
Minister of
Canada, serving
from June 21,
1957 to April 22,
1963.

Lester Pearson
Years in Office:

Tommy Douglas
Premier of
Saskatchewan
Years in Office:

~Lester Bowles
"Mike" Pearson
OM CC OBE PC
PC was a
Canadian scholar,
statesman,
soldier and
diplomat, who
won the Nobel
Peace Prize in
1957 for
organizing the
United Nations
Emergency Force
to resolve the
Suez Canal
Crisis.

~came to Winnipeg
from scotland in
1919 where he
witnessed the
Winnipeg general
strike.
~became an
ordained minister
practicing social
gospel
~moved to
Saskatchewan in
1930 helping
people deal with
the depression
physically and
spiritually
~realized political

~14th PM of Canada from

April 22 1963- April 20
1968

~Appointed the Royal Commission on

bilingualism and biculturalism to improve
relations between French and English
Canadians.
~tried to improve federal provincial relations
with shared cost programs
~introduced Canada pension plans
~introduced medicare
~introduced the flag in 1965

~ English Canadians were bitterly opposed to

any policies that seemed to favor French
Canadians and weaken the federal
government.

~born: oct 20 1904 in

falkirk, Scotland
~died: in ottowa, ON in
1985

~introduced medicare to Canada

~introduced and expanded expansions
~ensured a social safety net for all citizens
~was the voice for the under priviledged and
brought change to minority govs and social
security to Canadians
~kiefer Sutherland introduces tommy
douglas
~1931 helped form a local group of the
independent labour party
~ran in the federal election 1935 as a
candidate for the CCF and won his seat

~ran for the Saskatchewan election in 1934

and failed
~gave up his federal seat to become premier
of Saskatchewan from 1944-1961

action was needed

~religious and
working class
family
~when douglas was
younger he almost
had his leg cut off
because his fam
couldnt afford the
meds but through
donations kept his
leg and he came to
the conclusion that
health care should
be available for
everyone