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Jack Pickersgill

Jack Pickersgill, Canadian civil servant and politician, 35th Secretary of State for Canada (died 1997)

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Born
June 23, 1905
Died
November 14, 1997
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1905

About Jack Pickersgill

John Whitney Pickersgill was a Canadian civil servant and politician. He was born in Ontario, but was raised in Manitoba. He was Clerk of the 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. Pickersgill 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. He wrote several books on Canadian history. He died in 1997 in Ottawa.

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Jack Pickersgill timeline

  1. Pickersgill resigned from Parliament in 1967 to become the president of the Canadian Transport Commission.
  2. He was awarded the highest level of the Order of Canada in 1970.

The world when Jack Pickersgill was born

Jack Pickersgill was born in 1905. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1905

  • Best-selling book"The Marriage of William Ashe" – Mrs. Humphry Ward

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentChristy Mathewson pitches 3 shutouts in the World Series
  • Top headlineEinstein publishes theory of special relativity
  • Technology milestoneEinstein's "miracle year" — E=mc²
  • World population~1.65B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population83.2M

1905 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Jack Pickersgill's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19052026
Population83.2M341 million

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