Louis Stephen St. Laurent

12th Prime Minister of Canada

November 15, 1948 - June 21, 1957

Born

• February 1, 1882, Compton, Quebec

Education

• St. Charles Seminary, Sherbrooke, B.A. 1902
• Laval University, LL.L. 1905

Personal Status

• Married 1908, Jeanne Renault (1886-1966)
• Two sons, three daughters

Professional Life

• Lawyer (called to the Quebec Bar in 1905)
• 1914 Professor of Law , Laval University
• 1929 Batonnier of the Quebec Bar
• 1930-1932 President of the Canadian Bar Association
• 1937-1940 Counsel to Rowell-Sirois Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations

Died

• 25 July 1973, Quebec City, Quebec

Buried

• Saint-Thomas d'Aquin Cemetery, Compton, Quebec

Party

• Liberal
• 1948-1958 Party Leader

Constituencies

• 1942-1958 Quebec East, Quebec

Other Ministries

• 1941-1946, 1948 Justice and Attorney General
• 1946-1948 External Affairs
• 1948-1957 President of the Privy Council

Political Record

• Trans-Canada Highway Act 1949
• Promoted Canada's membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 1949
• Welcomed Newfoundland into Confederation 1949
• Canadian participation in the Korean War 1950-1953
• Appointed Vincent Massey first Canadian-born Governor General 1952
• Start of construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway 1954
• Equalization payments 1956
• Canada Council established 1957
• Leader of the Opposition 1957-1958