1. Jack Pickersgill was born in Ontario, but was raised in Manitoba.
18 Facts About Jack Pickersgill
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Jack Pickersgill was Clerk of the Privy Council in the early 1950s.
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Jack Pickersgill was first elected to federal parliament in 1953, representing a Newfoundland electoral district and serving in Prime Minister Louis St Laurent's cabinet.
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Jack Pickersgill resigned from Parliament in 1967 to become the president of the Canadian Transport Commission.
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Jack Pickersgill was awarded the highest level of the Order of Canada in 1970.
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Jack Pickersgill was born in Wyecombe, Ontario, on June 23,1905, the son of Frank Allan Jack Pickersgill and Sarah Smith.
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John was the older brother of Thomas, Walter, Bessie, and Frank Jack Pickersgill, all of whom were born in Manitoba.
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Jack Pickersgill was educated at the University of Manitoba and at the University of Oxford, and he taught history in Winnipeg.
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Jack Pickersgill joined the Department of External Affairs in Ottawa and soon worked at the Prime Minister's Office as Assistant Private Secretary to Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King.
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Jack Pickersgill stayed on to work for King's successor, Louis St Laurent, and became Clerk of the Privy Council in 1952.
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Jack Pickersgill entered the House of Commons of Canada as Liberal Member of Parliament for Bonavista-Twillingate, Newfoundland, after the 1953 election.
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Jack Pickersgill had become involved in the politics of Newfoundland at the informal request of leading federal politicians in the late 1940s.
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Jack Pickersgill was instrumental in supporting Newfoundland's pro-Confederation movement although he had no prior connection to the island.
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Jack Pickersgill entered the Canadian Cabinet as Secretary of State for Canada in 1953 and was named Minister for Citizenship and Immigration in 1954.
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Jack Pickersgill became a leading tormentor of the new government of John Diefenbaker from the opposition benches.
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Jack Pickersgill was sworn in as a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada on 12 June 1953.
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Jack Pickersgill was later bestowed the Honorific Prefix "The Right Honourable", usually reserved in Canada for Prime Ministers, Governors-General and Chief Justices, as recognition of his service.
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Jack Pickersgill was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Winnipeg in 1982.