John Diefenbaker
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1895-09-18
- Died
- 1979-08-16
- Works
- 1
Top works
- One Canada Memoirs 1962
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 5
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 199,603x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,243x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,227x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 34,013x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 28,779x
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Key facts
- Monarch
- Elizabeth II
- Governors general
- Vincent Massey Georges Vanier
- Preceded by
- Louis St. Laurent
- Succeeded by
- Lester B. Pearson
- Prime minister
- Himself
- Born
- John George Diefenbaker , ( 1895-09-18 ) September 18, 1895, Neustadt, Ontario , Canada
- Died
- August 16, 1979 (1979-08-16) (aged 83), Ottawa , Ontario, Canada
- Resting place
- Outside Diefenbaker Canada Centre , Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- Party
- Progressive Conservative
- Spouses
- Edna Brower ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1929 ; died 1951 ) Olive Palmer ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1953 ; died 1976 )
- Alma mater
- University of Saskatchewan ( BA , MA , LLB )
- Occupation
Key dates
- Born
- 18 September 1895
- Died
- 16 August 1979
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Neustadt
- Place of death
- Ottawa
- Occupation
- diplomat
- Position held
- member of the House of Commons of Canada
- Political party
- Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
- Languages spoken
Article
John George Diefenbaker (September 18, 1895 – August 16, 1979) 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 victory, doing so three times, although only once with a majority of the seats in the House of Commons.
Diefenbaker was born in the small town of Neustadt in Southwestern Ontario. In 1903, his family migrated west to the portion of the North-West Territories that would soon become the province of Saskatchewan. He grew up in the province and was interested in politics from a young age. After service in World War I, Diefenbaker became a noted criminal defence lawyer. He contested elections through the 1920s and 1930s with little success until he was finally elected to the House of Commons in 1940. Diefenbaker was repeatedly a candidate for the party leadership. He gained that position in 1956, on his third attempt.
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