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Jack Pickersgill was born on 23 June, 1905 in Wyecombe, Ontario, Canada, is a Canadian politician. Discover Jack Pickersgill's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 92 years old?

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Occupation Lecturer · Civil Servant
Age 92 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 23 June 1905
Birthday 23 June
Birthplace Wyecombe, Ontario, Canada
Date of death 14 November, 1997
Died Place Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Canada

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Who Is Jack Pickersgill's Wife?

His wife is Beatrice Young (m. 1936-1938) Mary Margaret Beattie (m. 1939)

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Wife Beatrice Young (m. 1936-1938) Mary Margaret Beattie (m. 1939)
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Children 4

Jack Pickersgill Net Worth

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1875

A graduate of the University of Manitoba, Beatrice was born in Winnipeg, the daughter of Dr. Fred Armstrong Young (1875-1964), MD, and Landon (Wright) Young (1878-1931).

The marriage ceremony was attended only by immediate family members.

1905

John Whitney Pickersgill (23 June 1905 – 14 November 1997) was a Canadian civil servant and politician.

He was born in Ontario, but was raised in Manitoba.

Pickersgill was born in Wyecombe, Ontario, on June 23, 1905, the son of Frank Allan Pickersgill (1877-) and Sarah Smith (1878-).

His parents were born in Ontario.

When he was a young child, the family moved to Ashern, Manitoba, where his father was a farmer.

John was the older brother of Thomas, Walter, Bessie, and Frank Pickersgill, all of whom were born in Manitoba.

He was educated at the University of Manitoba and at the University of Oxford, and he taught history in Winnipeg.

1936

On July 3, 1936, at Emmanuel College Chapel, Toronto, J.W. Pickersgill married Beatrice Landon Young (1913-1938).

1938

A gravestone in Old Kildonan Cemetery in Winnipeg memorializes the 1938 death of Beatrice, "wife of John W. Pickersgill."

He 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.

1940

Pickersgill had become involved in the politics of Newfoundland at the informal request of leading federal politicians in the late 1940s.

He was instrumental in supporting Newfoundland's pro-Confederation movement although he had no prior connection to the island.

1945

In 1945, he became Special Assistant to the Prime Minister and was officially in charge of the Prime Minister's Office.

1950

He was Clerk of the Privy Council in the early 1950s.

1952

He stayed on to work for King's successor, Louis St. Laurent, and became Clerk of the Privy Council in 1952.

Pickersgill was a senior and trusted adviser to both Prime Ministers: "Clear it with Jack" was the byword on Parliament Hill for years.

1953

He was first elected to federal parliament in 1953, representing a Newfoundland electoral district and serving in Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent's cabinet.

Pickersgill entered the House of Commons of Canada as Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Bonavista-Twillingate, Newfoundland, after the 1953 election.

He entered the Canadian Cabinet as Secretary of State for Canada in 1953 and was named Minister for Citizenship and Immigration in 1954.

He was sworn in as a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada on 12 June 1953.

This gave him the Honorific Prefix "The Honourable" and the Post Nominal Letters "PC" for Life.

1956

In 1956, when he addressed First Nations at a banquet following a reburial ceremony, he suggested that the First Nations chiefs present should take jobs that would make them independent of government support.

1957

When the Liberal government was defeated in the 1957 election, Pickersgill was re-elected as an MP.

He became a leading Tormentor of the new government of John Diefenbaker from the opposition benches.

1960

In the mid-1960s, he served again in cabinet, this time under Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson.

1963

With the 1963 election and the coming to power of Lester Pearson as Prime Minister, Pickersgill returned to Cabinet, first as Secretary of State for Canada and Government House Leader and then as Minister of Transport.

1967

Pickersgill resigned from Parliament in 1967 to become the president of the Canadian Transport Commission.

In 1967, he retired from politics to become president of the Canadian Transport Commission.

As a currently serving Member of Parliament He received the Canadian Centennial Medal in 1967.

He was awarded the Honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (LL.D) by the University of Manitoba on 25 May 1967.

1970

He was awarded the highest level of the Order of Canada in 1970.

He wrote several books on Canadian history.

On 18 December 1970, he was appointed as a Companion of the Order of Canada and was invested into the order on 31 March 1971.

This gave him the Post Nominal Letters "CC" for Life.

He 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.

1977

As a recipient of the Order of Canada He received the Canadian Version of the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977.

1982

He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Winnipeg in 1982.

1997

He died in 1997 in Ottawa.