Jack Pickersgill
John Whitney Pickersgill PC CC (23 June 1905 – 14 November 1997) was a Canadian civil servant and politician. He was born in Ontario, but was raised in Manitoba. He was Clerk of the Privy Council in the early 1950s. He was first elected to federal parliament in 1953, representing a Newfoundland electoral district and serving in Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent's cabinet. In the mid-1960s, he served again in cabinet, this time under Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. Pickersgill resigned from Parliament in 1967 to become the president of the Canadian Transport Commission. He was awarded the highest level of the Order of Canada in 1970. He wrote several books on Canadian history. He died in 1997 in Ottawa.
The Right Honourable Jack Pickersgill PC CC | |
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Pickersgill, c. 1960s | |
| Minister of Transport | |
| In office 3 February 1964 – 18 September 1967 | |
| Prime Minister | Lester B. Pearson |
| Preceded by | George McIlraith |
| Succeeded by | Paul Hellyer |
| Secretary of State for Canada | |
| In office 22 April 1963 – 2 February 1964 | |
| Prime Minister | Lester B. Pearson |
| Preceded by | Ernest Halpenny |
| Succeeded by | Maurice Lamontagne |
| In office 12 June 1953 – 30 June 1954 | |
| Prime Minister | Louis St. Laurent |
| Preceded by | Frederick Gordon Bradley |
| Succeeded by | Roch Pinard |
| Leader of the Government in the House of Commons | |
| In office 16 May 1963 – 21 December 1963 | |
| Prime Minister | Lester B. Pearson |
| Preceded by | Gordon Churchill |
| Succeeded by | Guy Favreau |
| Minister of Citizenship and Immigration | |
| In office 1 July 1954 – 20 June 1957 | |
| Prime Minister | Louis St. Laurent |
| Preceded by | Walter Edward Harris |
| Succeeded by | Davie Fulton (Acting) |
| Member of Parliament for Bonavista—Twillingate | |
| In office 10 August 1953 – 18 September 1967 | |
| Preceded by | Frederick Gordon Bradley |
| Succeeded by | Charles Granger |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 June 1905 Wyecombe, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | 14 November 1997 (aged 92) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) |
Beatrice Young
(m. 1936; died 1938)Mary Margaret Beattie
(m. 1939) |
| Children | 4 |
| Education |
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| Occupation | |
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