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St. Laurent, Louis Stephen (săN lôräN`), 1882–1973, Canadian political leader. A well-known lawyer, he entered (1941) political life as minister of justice and attorney general in the Mackenzie King government; he was later minister of external affairs (1946–48). He was elected to the House of Commons in 1942 and succeeded King as Liberal party leader, taking office (Nov., 1948) as prime minister after King's retirement. His party failed to obtain a majority of votes in 1957, and John G. Diefenbaker, a Conservative, succeeded him as prime minister. On his retirement in 1958 Lester B. Pearson became Liberal party leader.

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See biography by D. C. Thomson (1968).

St. Laurent, Louis Stephen

Born Feb. 1, 1882, in Compton, Quebec Province; died July 25, 1973, in Quebec City. Canadian state figure.

St. Laurent served as minister of justice from 1941 to 1946 and in 1948 and and as minister of external affairs from 1946 to 1948. Between August 1948 and January 1958, he was the leader of the Liberal Party. From November 1948 to June 1957, he was prime minister. He was responsible for Canadian intervention in Korea (1950–53) and for increasing Canada’s military, economic, and political dependence on the USA, expressed in the agreements of 1953 and 1955. While he was prime minister, Newfoundland was incorporated into Canada (1949). St. Laurent retired from political life in 1958.

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