LB Pearson got his Nobel prize exactly 50 years ago
If you're anything like me, and you don't happen to know who The Right Hon. Lester Bowles, P.C., C.C., O.M., O.B.E., B.A., M.A., LL.D. is, you might think "So What?!?". I think he was one of the most important politicians Canada ever had and quite possibly the best.
He did more to take this country into modernity than any other P.M. (at least that I know of, which is not saying much) and he did it mostly while in a minority government. Because so many high-schools and even the airport where I first entered Canada bear his name, it is almost impossible to find a video clip with him, but here it is:
As you can tell, the best are not also telegenic... Here's what he accomplished (mostly in a minority government):
Sources:
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_B._Pearson
CBC.ca writeup: http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/top_ten/nominee/pearson-lester.html
CBC.ca archives: http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-73-1265/politics_economy/lester_b_pearson/