John George Diefenbaker PC CH QC (/ˈdiːfənˌbeɪkər/; September 18 1895 – August 16 1979) was the 13th Prime Minister of Canada serving from June 21 1957 to April 22 1963. He was the only Progressive Conservative (PC or Tory) party leader between 1930 and 1979 to lead the party to an election victory doing so three times although only once with a majority of seats in the Canadian House of Commons.Diefenbaker was born in southwestern Ontario in 1895.
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