HIS311Y1 Lecture : July 17th .pdf
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*i was unable to attend this lecture, but a fellow classmate was kind enough to send a copy of their notes for this lecture. His311 july 17th lecture: the old smoothie : the pearson years, 1963-68. Exam is on wednesday, august 14th from 7-10 pm at stvlad. Professor will give a list of possible short answer and essay questions on the course website, all questions will come from this list. Pearson was born in 1897 and died in 1972. He was referred to as old smoothie as an ironic term because he was anything but smooth. He became the leader of the liberal party in 1957 and held it until his retirement in 1968. Pearson never had a majority government throughout his career. Lester was also called mike , a nickname he got while serving in the air force during wwi. This can cause some confusion as records go from lester to mike.
