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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Louis St. Laurent canonical 13

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instanceOf Canadian prime minister ⓘ
human ⓘ
advocatedFor Canadian welfare state expansion ⓘ
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, Quebec, Canada ⓘ
linked to: Quebec City
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 of Canada ⓘ
precededByAsPrimeMinister William Lyon Mackenzie King ⓘ
primeMinisterOf Canada ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Quebec City, Quebec, Canada ⓘ
linked to: Quebec City
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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John Diefenbaker → precededBy → Louis St. Laurent ⓘ
24 Sussex Drive → firstPrimeMinisterResident → Louis St. Laurent ⓘ
Quebec East → representedBy → Louis St. Laurent ⓘ
Quebec East → primeMinisterRepresented → Louis St. Laurent ⓘ
St. Laurent → isUsedBy → Louis St. Laurent ⓘ
St. Laurent → hasNotableBearer → Louis St. Laurent ⓘ
Compton, Quebec → hasNotablePerson → Louis St. Laurent ⓘ
subject linked to: Compton, Quebec, Canada
Compton, Quebec → birthplaceOf → Louis St. Laurent ⓘ
subject linked to: Compton, Quebec, Canada
Jeanne Renault → spouse → Louis St. Laurent ⓘ