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{{Officeholder
|name=John Diefenbaker
|image=John Diefenbaker.jpg
|party=[[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada]]
|spouse= Olive Palmer
|religion=Baptist
|offices=
{{Officeholder/misc
|office=13th [[Prime Minister of Canada]]
|terms=June 21, 1957 – April 22, 1963
|preceded=[[Louis St. Laurent]]
|former=(y or n)
|succeeded=[[Lester B. Pearson]]
}}
|military=y
|allegiance=Canada
|branch=Canadian Expeditionary Force
|serviceyears=1916–1917
|rank=Lieutenant
|unit=196th Battalion
|commands=
|battles=[[World War I]]
|awards=
}}
'''John George Diefenbaker''' (September 18, 1895 – August 16, 1979) was the 13th Prime Minister of [[Canada]]. He was born in Neustadt, Ontario on September 18, 1895, the son of William Diefenbaker and Mary Florence Bannernman. He would move with his parents to western Canada in 1903. He served in the 105th Saskatoon Fusiliers' Regiment from 1916 - 1917 in [[World War I]]. He was called to the Bar in 1919 and moved to Prince Albert, Saskatoon.
'''John George Diefenbaker''' (September 18, 1895 – August 16, 1979) was the 13th Prime Minister of [[Canada]]. He was born in Neustadt, Ontario on September 18, 1895, the son of William Diefenbaker and Mary Florence Bannernman. He would move with his parents to western Canada in 1903. He served in the 105th Saskatoon Fusiliers' Regiment from 1916 - 1917 in [[World War I]]. He was called to the Bar in 1919 and moved to Prince Albert, Saskatoon.