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John George Diefenbaker PC CH QC FRSC FRSA ( / ˈdiːfənbeɪkər / DEE-fən-bay-kər; September 18, 1895 – August 16, 1979) was a Canadian politician who served as the 13th prime minister of Canada, from 1957 to 1963.
Feb 21, 2008 · John George “Dief the Chief” Diefenbaker, PC, CH, KC, FRSC , prime minister 1957–63, politician, lawyer (born 18 September 1895 in Neustadt, ON; died 16 August 1979 in Ottawa, ON). John Diefenbaker was Canada’s 13th prime minister .
The Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker’s legacy is the dream of a united Canada, one which would find strength in its diversity. Regardless of whether he was in the House of Commons or a farmer’s field, Diefenbaker maintained his stance as being the voice of the “Average Canadian.”
John G. Diefenbaker was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party who was prime minister of Canada in 1957–63, following 22 years of uninterrupted Liberal rule. After serving in World War I, Diefenbaker practiced law in Saskatchewan.
Nov 25, 2019 · Diefenbaker was Canada's 13th prime minister, from 1957 to 1963. His term followed many years of Liberal Party control of the government. Among other accomplishments, Diefenbaker appointed Canada's first female federal Cabinet minister, Ellen Fairclough, in 1957.
John Diefenbaker. Prime Minister Diefenbaker’s administration represented the last gasp of a dying strain of Canadian politics and nationalism. A lover of Britain who feared and distrusted the United States, his five years in power were erratic and eccentric — much like the man himself.
Diefenbaker was born in Ontario but moved to Saskatchewan early in life where his vision of Canada grew to mythic proportions. His early career was that of a lawyer who was not afraid to take on defendants charged with murder in an era when capital punishment was often handed out as a sentence.
John George Diefenbaker was born on 18 September 1895 in Neustadt, Ontario. In 1903 he, his younger brother Elmer and their parents William and Mary, moved to a homestead near Borden, Saskatchewan. In 1910, the family relocated to Saskatoon where Diefenbaker graduated from Nutana Collegiate.
Saskatchewan’s John G. Diefenbaker became Canada’s thirteenth Prime Minister with a Progressive Conservative minority government in June 1957, ending twenty-two consecutive years of Liberal leadership in Canada. The establishment was shocked.
The Right Honourable John George Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada from 1957 to 1963, was unlike any leader who preceded him. Raised on the economically marginalized prairies, Diefenbaker felt a strong connection to the poor and oppressed of Canadian society.
