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12. März 2021 · Lake Diefenbaker, the largest lake in southern Saskatchewan was named for him, as is the Diefenbaker Bridge in Prince Albert and the Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport. His home in Prince Albert, where he lived from 1947 to 1975, is now a museum and a National Historic Site. Diefenbaker would inspire Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney, and under the leadership of Stephen Harper, a ...
John Diefenbaker. Prime Minister Diefenbaker’s administration represented the last gasp of a dying strain of Canadian politics and nationalism. A lover of Britain who feared and distrusted the United States, his five years in power were erratic and eccentric — much like the man himself. Raised in rural Saskatchewan to a family with German ...
John Diefenbaker was truly the wind from the west. He was a man who found it hard to trust in the establishment, tried to fight for the little guy, had deep roots in Canada but ultimately didn't understand the urban mosaic that made up the majority of the country. He was bigger then life and modeled. himself after his hero Sir John A. MacDonald.
Examining the movement for a Canadian bill of rights, Diefenbaker’s role as an advocate, and the debates about his Bill can provide a valuable window into the complexities of the idea of human rights in Canadian politics during the period when they became increasingly central to it. Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker with “Bill of Rights ...
This statement is found in the Canadian Bill of Rights, a piece of legislation which The Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker acknowledged as one of his proudest achievements. The Canadian Bill of Rights was created in an effort to give Canadians of all backgrounds the same rights and privileges. To this day, the saying “I am Canadian ...
John G. Diefenbaker, M.P., speaking in the House of Commons, 1948. Image courtesy of Library & Archives Canada . Élu à la Chambre des communes en 1940, Diefenbaker, de par son nom de famille allemand et son éducation dans l’environnement multiethnique des Prairies, est sensible à l’intolérance et à l’injustice qui règnent dans le Canada du début du 20 e siècle.
DIEFENBAKER, JOHN GEORGE, lawyer and politician; b. 18 Sept. 1895 in Neustadt, Ont., elder son of William Thomas Diefenbaker and Mary Florence Bannerman; m. first 29 June 1929 Edna Mae Brower (d. 1951) in Toronto; m. there secondly 8 Dec. 1953 Olive Evangeline Palmer, née Freeman (d. 1976); no children were born of either marriage; d. 16 Aug ...
