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John George Diefenbaker was the Prime Minister of Canada from 1957 to 1963. He was born on 18 September 1895 in Neustadt, Ontario, and moved to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in 1910. He studied at the University of Saskatchewan and received a Bachelor of Law degree in 1919. During the First World War, Diefenbaker enlisted in the 196th Battalion and served in England until February 1917. After the war, he practiced law until 1957. He became interested in politics and became leader of the Saskatchewan Liberal-Conservative Party from 1936 to 1941. In 1940, he ran in the federal election for the first time. In 1956, Diefenbaker was elected leader of the Conservative Party. He was Prime Minister of Canada from 21 June 1957 to 1963 and subsequently the leader of the Opposition until September 1967. He died on 16 August 1979.
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