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John Diefenbaker. John Diefenbaker (1957) John George Diefenbaker, PC, CH, QC, FRSA (* 18. September 1895 in Neustadt, Ontario; † 16. August 1979 in Ottawa) war ein kanadischer Politiker. Er war vom 21. Juni 1957 bis zum 22. April 1963 der dreizehnte Premierminister Kanadas. Von 1956 bis 1967 war er Vorsitzender der Progressiv-konservativen ...
Prior to his death on August 16, 1979, John G. Diefenbaker consulted with government officials about his funeral arrangements and burial location. After he lay in state in the Hall of Honour in Parliament, Diefenbaker's body was transported to Saskatoon by train, which was watched by many Canadians who paid their respects to Canada's 13th Prime Minister. Both the Canadian Flag and the Red ...
Even when Diefenbaker passed from the scene in the best-planned funeral cortege Canada has ever seen, the obituaries usually carried a brief reference to the fact he had been married before. A chance call from one who had known Diefenbaker and Edna during the 1920s and 1930s alerted Simma Holt, a former Liberal MP, that there had been such a ...
Family & Personal Life. John Diefenbaker married Edna Brower in 1929. After her death from leukemia in 1951, he married Olive Palmer. The couple stayed together until Palmer’s death in 1976. Diefenbaker died on August 16, 1979, in Ottawa, at the age of 83. Even after his death, his Bill of Rights remained in effect.
Item JGD/MG01/XVII/JGD 2818 - George Pearkes greeting Olive and John Diefenbaker; Item JGD/MG01/XVII/JGD 2819 - John Diefenbaker with Queen Elizabeth II; Item JGD/MG01/XVII/JGD 2820 - George Bernard Shaw, Lady Astor, Leonard Brockington and the Turkish Ambassador in Cliveden, England; Item JGD/MG01/XVII/JGD 282 - John and Edna Diefenbaker with ...
27. Juni 2018 · John George Diefenbaker (1895-1979) was prime minister of Canada and leader of the Progressive Conservative party. Though his government had some remarkable successes, he left a legacy of bitterness and disunion for his party. John Diefenbaker was born in Neustadt, Ontario, on Sept. 18, 1895. In 1903 his family, which was of both Scottish and ...
Wife of Canadian Prime MinisterEdna May Diefenbaker (née Brower; November 30, 1899 – February 7, 1951) was the first wife of the 13th Prime Minister of Canada, John Diefenbaker.Contents1 Early life2 A political wife3 Death4 Legacy5 ReferencesEarly lifeShe was born in Wawanesa, Manitoba, and worked as a schoolteacher at Mayfair Elementary School in Saskatoon before marrying John Diefenbaker ...
