It was on this date, in 1967, that Lester Pearson formally announced he would be retiring from politics. This, of course, paved the way for the legendary 1968 Liberal leadership convention a few months later that saw Pierre Trudeau elected leader and Prime Minister.
Pearson, Canada’s only Nobel Peace Prize winner, had been PM for five tumultuous years. Among his many accomplishments were Canada’s new flag, Medicare, the Auto Pact and so much more. He would remain in office until the following April.
Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.
Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.