John Diefenbaker

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Canadian politician human prime minister of Canada

John Diefenbaker was the 13th prime minister of Canada, known for his populist Progressive Conservative leadership, the Canadian Bill of Rights, and expanding the franchise to First Nations peoples.

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Diefenbaker 1
John George Diefenbaker (acting) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
prime minister of Canada ⓘ
burialPlace Saskatoon ⓘ
surface form: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
commemoratedBy Diefenbaker Building at the University of Saskatchewan ⓘ
Diefenbaker Canada Centre in Saskatoon ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1895-09-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1979-08-16 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Saskatchewan ⓘ
University of Saskatchewan ⓘ
surface form: University of Saskatchewan College of Law
ethnicGroup German Canadian ⓘ
Scottish Canadian ⓘ
familyName John Diefenbaker self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Diefenbaker
givenName John ⓘ
hasHonor Queen’s Privy Council for Canada ⓘ
surface form: PC (Privy Councillor of Canada)

Right Honourable ⓘ
ideology populism ⓘ
progressive conservatism ⓘ
knownFor Canadian Bill of Rights ⓘ
expanding the federal vote to First Nations peoples ⓘ
populist Progressive Conservative leadership ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm Elizabeth II ⓘ
notableAchievement extended federal franchise to First Nations peoples ⓘ
notableWork Canadian Bill of Rights ⓘ
occupation barrister ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
ordinalInOffice 13th prime minister of Canada ⓘ
parliamentaryGroup Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ
placeOfBirth Neustadt, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
placeOfDeath Ottawa ⓘ
surface form: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
positionHeld Leader of the Official Opposition (Canada) ⓘ
Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ
Member of Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
precededBy Louis St. Laurent ⓘ
religion Baptist ⓘ
representedInParliament Lake Centre ⓘ
Prince Albert ⓘ
residence Ottawa ⓘ
surface form: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Saskatoon ⓘ
surface form: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
sexOrGender male ⓘ
signature signature of John Diefenbaker ⓘ
spouse Edna Brower ⓘ
Olive Freeman Palmer ⓘ
succeededBy Lester B. Pearson ⓘ
termEndAsPrimeMinister 1963-04-22 ⓘ
termStartAsPrimeMinister 1957-06-21 ⓘ

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John Diefenbaker → familyName → John Diefenbaker self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diefenbaker
this entity surface form: John George Diefenbaker (acting)
Lester B. Pearson → precededBy → John Diefenbaker ⓘ