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Feb 01, 1882 Compton, Quebec, Canada Died on 25 Jul 1973 (aged 91)
12th Prime Minister of Canada
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About Louis St. Laurent
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- Laurent (Saint-Laurent or St-Laurent in French, baptized Louis-Étienne St-Laurent; 1 February 1882 – 25 July 1973) was a Canadian politician who served as the 12th prime minister of Canada, from 15 November 1948 to 21 June 1957.
- He was a Liberal with a strong base in the Catholic francophone community, from which base he had long mobilised support to Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King.
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- Laurent was an enthusiastic proponent of Canada's joining NATO in 1949 to fight the spread of Communism, overcoming opposition from some intellectuals, the Labor-Progressive Party, and many French Canadians.
- The contrast with Mackenzie King was not dramatic – they agreed on most policies.
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- Laurent had more hatred of communism, and less fear of the United States.
- He was neither an idealist nor a bookish intellectual, but an "eminently moderate, cautious ...
- man ...
- and a strong Canadian nationalist".
