| Lester Bowles Pearson
Liberal
Nobel Peace Prize
His statue on Parliament Hill
The L.B. Pearson Canadian International Peacekeeping Training Centre
LESTER B. PEARSON COLLEGE
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Term: Apr. 22, 1963-Apr. 20, 1968
Age on becoming PM: 65
Birth: Apr. 23, 1897 Newton Brook, Ontario. Married with 2 children. Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957. President 7th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. See Nobel site. External Affairs Building and the Toronto National Airport named after him.
Death: at age 75, Dec. 27, 1972, of cancer ; buried in Maclaren Cemetery, Wakefield, Quebec See: Grave sites of the Prime Ministers
Lester B. Pearson's Role in the Formation of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and in Other United Nations Activities
The Right Honourable Lester Bowles Pearson (1897-1972)
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The Prime Ministers of Canada
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