John George Diefenbaker PC CH QC FRSC FRSA (/ˈdiːfənbeɪkər/ DEE-fən-bay-kər; September 18, 1895 – August 16, 1979) was a Canadian politician who served...
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Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport (IATA: YXE, ICAO: CYXE) is an international airport located 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) north-west...
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The John G. Diefenbaker Building is a building in the New Edinburgh neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario. The building served as Ottawa's city hall from August...
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John Diefenbaker (1895–1979) was the 13th prime minister of Canada, serving as such from 1957 to 1963. Diefenbaker may also refer to the following namesakes...
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It was influenced by proposals for a federal bill of rights made by John Diefenbaker, then an opposition member in the House of Commons from Prince Albert...
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Lake Diefenbaker is a reservoir and bifurcation lake in southern part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was formed by the construction of Gardiner...
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Great Canadian flag debate (category John Diefenbaker)
Progressive Conservative government of the time, headed by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, did not accept the invitation to establish a new Canadian flag, so...
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Diefenbaker (née Freeman; April 14, 1902 – December 22, 1976) was the second wife of John Diefenbaker, the 13th Prime Minister of Canada. Diefenbaker...
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negative public perception of atomic weapons. In 1959, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's government decided to allow the US to deploy nuclear weapons on Canadian...
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Edna May Diefenbaker (née Brower; November 30, 1899 – February 7, 1951) was the first wife of the 13th Prime Minister of Canada, John Diefenbaker. She was...
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John Diefenbaker Senior School is a secondary school located in Hanover, Ontario, Canada. It is named after John Diefenbaker, a Prime Minister who was...
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minority Progressive Conservative (Tory) government of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, with the Liberals returning to power for the first time in 6 years...
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minority government. When the election was called, PC Prime Minister John Diefenbaker had governed for four years with the largest majority until then in...
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of State for External Affairs in the government of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker. Born and raised on Nova Scotia's Port Hood Island, Smith grew up speaking...
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Liberal rule, the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, led by John Diefenbaker, unexpectedly won a minority government in the 1957 election. Prime...
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Lester B. Pearson (category Fellows of St John's College, Oxford)
two consecutive defeats by Progressive Conservative Prime Minister John Diefenbaker in 1958 and 1962, only to successfully challenge him for a third time...
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leader Premier John Bracken of Manitoba, a former member of the Progressive Party of Manitoba. In the 1957 federal election, John Diefenbaker carried the...
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(1911–1920) Arthur Meighen (1920–1921, 1926) R. B. Bennett (1930–1935)[a] John Diefenbaker (1957–1963) Joe Clark (1979–1980) Brian Mulroney (1984–1993) Kim Campbell...
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1957 Canadian federal election (category John Diefenbaker)
Progressive Conservative Party (also known as "PCs" or "Tories"), led by John Diefenbaker, brought an end to 22 years of Liberal rule, as the Tories were able...
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Honourable Prime Minister of Canada John Diefenbaker and his then wife Edna Diefenbaker. Olive Diefenbaker, John Diefenbaker's second wife, moved into the house...
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resolution to force a leadership convention even though party leader John Diefenbaker was unwilling to resign. Many in the party believed that his mercurial...
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through by teaching French in local schools. One of his classmates was John Diefenbaker, future Prime Minister of Canada. He received his law degree from the...
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promoted to the Cabinet of John Diefenbaker as minister without portfolio. Although he kept his seat in the election, the Diefenbaker government was defeated...
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legislature in 1963, when he was appointed to the Senate of Canada by John Diefenbaker. He served in the Senate until his death in 1992. From 1991 until his...
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in power, and in a major upset, the party was narrowly defeated by John Diefenbaker's Progressive Conservatives, ending nearly 22 years of Liberal rule...
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CCGS Arpatuuq (redirect from CCG John Diefenbaker)
been significantly delayed. She was originally to be named after John G. Diefenbaker, Canada's 13th prime minister whose government that founded the Canadian...
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agreements were concluded. On 20 February 1959, Prime Minister of Canada John Diefenbaker abruptly halted the development of both the Arrow and its Iroquois...
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nine months after the 23rd election. It transformed Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's minority into the largest majority government in Canadian history...
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the leadership again in the 1956 leadership convention, losing to John Diefenbaker. The Speaker expelled Fleming from the House of Commons during the...
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Canada at the 1956 leadership convention, placing third behind John Diefenbaker. When Diefenbaker led the party to victory in the 1957 election, he appointed...
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