Lester B Pearson Essay

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Final Essay Assignment: Lester B. Pearson
Lester Bowles Pearson was a Canadian professor, statesman, soldier, politician, and the former Secretary of State for External Affairs of Canada. He was born in Toronto April 23, 1897 and died in 1972 in Ottawa. Pearson was the prime minister of Canada in 1963 until 1968, he was the 14th prime minister of Canada. Pearson graduated from the University of Toronto. Then he won a fellowship in the University of Oxford to study business and law ("Lester B. Pearson Wikipedia"). Pearson was serving in World War 1 in 1914-1918 and he went back to teach history at the University of Toronto. Pearson was at a meeting in January 1958 he defeated Paul Martin Sr. to become part leader. Paul Martin was a Canadian politician and a member of Liberal Party of Canada, he served as a member of the cabinets for the four Prime …show more content…

In 1957 he resolved the Suez Crisis through the United Nations. The Suez Canal is a is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea (''Suez Canal''). Also, many Nations including Canadians loved him because he was well organized and educated person. Pearson was the most influential Canadians of the 20th century, he is in the greatest top 6 Prime Ministers of Canada this shows how people loved him in Canada (''Lester B. Pearson Wikipedia''). Pearson was an educated man with a great sense in humor because of the things he had done. He was a great leader because of the Nobel Peace Prize he won in 1957, basically for the work he did in resolving the Suez Crisis. The Prime Ministers decisions affect Canada because it's their part to do what people want. They can do important things to the country to make it better. For example, when Pearson changed the Canadian flay to maple leaf and it shows how people loved him by naming Airport, schools,

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