Born

• 23 April 1897, Newton Brook, Ontario

Education

• University of Toronto, B.A. 1919
• Oxford University, B.A. Modern History 1923,
• M.A. 1925

Personal Status

• Married 1925, Maryon Moody (1902-1991)
• One daughter, one son

Professional Life

• 1914-1918 Lieutenant, Canadian Army Medical
• Corps and Flying Officer, Royal Flying Corps
• 1923-1928 History lecturer, University of Toronto
• 1928-1948 Department of External Affairs
• 1945-1946 Canadian Ambassador to the United
• States
• 1946 Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs
• 1951-1952 Chairman of the NATO Council
• 1952-1953 President of the United Nations General
• Assembly
• 1969-1972 Professor and Chancellor, Carleton
• University
• Author

Died

• 27 December 1972, Ottawa, Ontario

Buried

• Maclaren Cemetery, Wakefield, Quebec

Party

• Liberal
• 1958-1968 Party Leader

Constituencies

• 1948-1968 Algoma East, Ontario

Other Ministries

• 1948-1957 External Affairs

Political Record

• Nobel Peace Prize 1957
• Leader of the Opposition 1958-1963
• Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism 1963
• Canada Pension Plan 1965
• Canada-United States Automotive Agreement (Auto Pact) 1965
• New national flag 1965
• Universal medicare 1966
• Centennial celebrations 1967