John Diefenbaker

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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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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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Lester B. Pearson precededBy John Diefenbaker
Secretary of State for External Affairs officeHoldersInclude John Diefenbaker
this entity surface form: John George Diefenbaker (acting)
John Diefenbaker familyName John Diefenbaker self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Diefenbaker
Canadian Bill of Rights introducedBy John Diefenbaker
Diefenbaker Canada Centre in Saskatoon namedAfter John Diefenbaker
subject surface form: Diefenbaker Canada Centre
Diefenbaker Canada Centre in Saskatoon dedicatedTo John Diefenbaker
subject surface form: Diefenbaker Canada Centre
Howard Green appointedBy John Diefenbaker
Howard Green servedInCabinetOf John Diefenbaker
Lake Centre notableRepresentative John Diefenbaker
Lake Centre representedBy John Diefenbaker
Edna Brower spouse John Diefenbaker
Edna Brower partnerOf John Diefenbaker
Olive Freeman Palmer spouse John Diefenbaker
Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport namedAfter John Diefenbaker
this entity surface form: John G. Diefenbaker