Lester Bowles Pearson

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Lester Bowles Pearson

Statistics

Races

8

Race Wins

8

Total Votes

70,196

Affiliated Parties

Liberal Party of Canada

Parliamentary Roles

Leader of the Official Opposition	1958/01/16 — 1963/04/21
Prime Minister	1963/04/22 — 1968/04/19

Electoral Record

— Ontario

1965 General Election

Lester Bowles Pearson	Liberal Party of Canada		9,268

Joel W. Aldred	Progressive Conservative Party		5,793

Walter Stuart	New Democratic Party		2,053

— Ontario

1963 General Election

Lester Bowles Pearson	Liberal Party of Canada		10,817

Paul Jewell	Progressive Conservative Party		6,146

Irénée John Quenneville	Social Credit Party of Canada		2,016

Bennett Donahue	New Democratic Party		1,751

— Ontario

1962 General Election

Lester Bowles Pearson	Liberal Party of Canada		11,934

Alex Berthelot	Progressive Conservative Party		5,631

Cam Cork	New Democratic Party		3,168

— Ontario

1958 General Election

Lester Bowles Pearson	Liberal Party of Canada		11,240

Basil Scully	Progressive Conservative Party		8,208

Walter James Corbett	Co-op. Commonwealth Federation		2,309

— Ontario

1957 General Election

Lester Bowles Pearson	Liberal Party of Canada		8,574

H. Merton Mulligan	Progressive Conservative Party		5,757

Martin S. Reid	Co-op. Commonwealth Federation		2,156

— Ontario

1953 General Election

Lester Bowles Pearson	Liberal Party of Canada		7,494

George H. Bishop	Progressive Conservative Party		3,877

— Ontario

1949 General Election

Lester Bowles Pearson	Liberal Party of Canada		6,184

Grant H. Turner	Progressive Conservative Party		2,908

George Thornton	Co-op. Commonwealth Federation		2,202

— Ontario

1948 By-Election

Lester Bowles Pearson	Liberal Party of Canada		4,685

Lorne D. Callaghan	Co-op. Commonwealth Federation		2,382

John J. Fitzgerald	Social Credit Party of Canada		1,236

Occupation History

Prime Minister

1965

Public servant

1963

Leader of the Opposition

1962

Leader of the Opposition

1958

Secretary of State for External Affairs

1957

Secretary of State for External Affairs

1953

Secretary of State for External Affairs

1949

Diplomat

1948