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[[File:Lester B Pearson.jpg|thumb|Lester B. Pearson]]
'''Lester Bowles Pearson''' was the 14th [[Prime Minister of Canada]]. He was born in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] on April 23, 1897, the son of Edwin Arthur Pearson and Annie Sarah Bowles and served in the Canadian Army during [[World War I]], achieving the rank of Lieutenant. He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps (Canada did not have an Air Force until 1924) It was in there he received the nickname "Mike", which would stick with him the rest of his life.
'''Lester Bowles Pearson''' was the 14th [[Prime Minister of Canada]]. He was born in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] on April 23, 1897, the son of Edwin Arthur Pearson and Annie Sarah Bowles and served in the Canadian Army during [[World War I]], achieving the rank of Lieutenant. He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps (Canada did not have an Air Force until 1924) It was in there he received the nickname "Mike", which would stick with him the rest of his life.
[[Category:Canadian Prime Ministers]]
[[Category:Canadian Prime Ministers]]
[[Category:Canadian Political People]]
[[Category:Nobel laureates in Peace]]
[[Category:Nobel laureates in Peace]]