The Right Honourable
John George Diefenbaker
Biographical Information
Born
18 September 1895, Neustadt, Ontario
Education
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (M.A., LL.B.)
Personal Status
Married 1929, Edna Brower (1901-1951)
Re-married 1953, Olive Palmer (1902-1976)
One stepdaughter
Occupation
Criminal lawyer (called to the Saskatchewan Bar in 1919)
1936-1938 Leader, Saskatchewan Conservative
Party
Party
Progressive Conservative
1956-1967
Party Leader
Constituencies
1940-1953 Lake Centre, Saskatchewan
1953-1979 Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
Other Ministries
1957 External Affairs
1962-1963 President of the Privy Council
Political Record
Appointed Ellen Fairclough first woman Cabinet Minister 1957
Canadian Bill of Rights 1958
Appointed James Gladstone Canada's first aboriginal
senator 1958
Cancellation of Avro Arrow
(CF-105) 1959
Franchise extended to all
Aboriginals 1960
National hospital
insurance plan 1961
Created the
National Productivity Council (Economic Council of Canada) 1963
Died
16
August 1979, Ottawa, Ontario, while still a member of the House of Commons
Buried
Beside the Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker Centre, University of
Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan