Louis St. Laurent

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Louis St. Laurent was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 12th prime minister of Canada from 1948 to 1957, overseeing a period of postwar prosperity and international engagement.

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instanceOf Canadian prime minister
human
advocatedFor Canadian welfare state expansion
Great Lakes waterway
surface form: St. Lawrence Seaway project

Trans-Canada Highway development
burialPlace Saint Thomas d’Aquin Cemetery, Compton, Quebec, Canada
countryOfCitizenship Canada
dateOfBirth 1882-02-01
dateOfDeath 1973-07-25
educatedAt Séminaire de Québec
Université Laval
endTime 1957-06-21
ethnicGroup French Canadian
familyName St. Laurent
fieldOfStudy law
givenName Louis
headOfGovernmentOf Canada
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
knownFor postwar prosperity and international engagement in Canada
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English
French
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party of Canada
numberOfChildren 5
occupation lawyer
politician
ordinalInOffice 12th Prime Minister of Canada
oversawEvent post–World War II economic expansion in Canada
parliamentaryRidingRepresented Quebec East
participatedIn Korean War-era international policy
founding of NATO
placeOfBirth Compton, Quebec, Canada
placeOfDeath Quebec City
surface form: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
positionHeld Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
Member of Parliament of Canada
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada
Secretary of State for External Affairs
surface form: Secretary of State for External Affairs of Canada
precededByAsPrimeMinister William Lyon Mackenzie King
primeMinisterOf Canada
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Quebec City
surface form: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
sexOrGender male
spouse Jeanne Renault
startTime 1948-11-15
succeededByAsPrimeMinister John Diefenbaker
supported Canadian participation in the United Nations
termEndAsLeaderOfLiberalParty 1958
termStartAsLeaderOfLiberalParty 1948

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