Elected to Parliament for Algoma East as a Liberal, he served in St. Laurent's cabinet and led the Liberal opposition during the Diefenbaker years.  
An RAF volunteer in 1917, he survived an airplane crash during his first flight and being hit by a bus during a London blackout.  His political career began with the Canadian Department of External Affairs as First Secretary, and he later became Canada's first ambassador to the U.S.  Elected to Parliament for Algoma East as a Liberal, he served in St. Laurent's cabinet and led the Liberal opposition during the Diefenbaker years.  His own government was responsible for universal medicare.  FTP, name this Canadian Prime Minister best remembered for his role in the Suez Canal crisis.
An RAF volunteer in 1917, he survived an airplane crash during his first flight and being hit by a bus during a London blackout.  
Lester Pearson