Jack Pickersgill, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jack Pickersgill

Canadian federal politician based out of Newfoundland

Date of Birth: 23-Jun-1905

Place of Birth: Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 14-Nov-1997

Profession: writer, businessperson, politician, author

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

John Whitney "Jack" Pickersgill, (June 23, 1905 – November 14, 1997) was a Canadian civil servant and politician.
He was born in Ontario, but was raised in Manitoba.
He was the Clerk for the Canadian Government's Privy Council in the early 1950s.
He was first elected to federal parliament in 1953, representing a Newfoundland electoral district and serving in prime minister Louis St.
Laurent's cabinet.
In the mid-1960s, he served again in cabinet, this time under prime minister Lester B.
Pearson.
He resigned from parliament in 1967 to become the president of the Canadian Transport Commission.
He was awarded the highest level of the Order of Canada in 1970.
In his later years, he wrote books on Canadian history, and he died in 1997 in Ottawa.