THE POLITICAL POWER

• 21 June 1957 - 22 April 1963

BORN

• 18 September 1895, Neustadt, Ontario

EDUCATION

• University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon ( M.A., LL.B.)

PERSONAL STATUS

• Married 1929, Edna Brower (1901 - 1951 )
• Re-married 1953, Olive Palmer (1902 - 1976)
• One stepdaughter

OCCUPATION

• Criminal lawyer (called to the Saskatchewan Bar in 1919)
• 1936 - 1938 Leader, Saskatchewan, Conservative Party

PARTY

• Progressive Conservative
• 1956 - 1967 Party Leader

CONSTITUENCIES

• 1940 - 1953 Lake Center, Saskatchewan
• 1953 - 1979 Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

OTHER MINISTRIES

• 1957 External Affairs
• 1962 - 1963 President of the Privy Council

POLITICAL RECORD

• Appointed Ellen Fairclough first woman Cabinet Minister
• Canadian Bill of Rights 1958
• Appointed James Gladstone Canada's first aboriginal senator 1958
• Cancellation of Avro Arrow (CF-105) 1959
• Franchise extended to all Aboriginals 1960
• National hospital insurance plan 1961
• Created the National Productivity Council (Economic Council of Canada) 1963

DIED

• 16 August 1979, Ottawa, Ontario, while still a member of the House of Commons

BURIED

• Beside the Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan