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Paul Hellyer

Paul Hellyer, Canadian engineer and politician, 16th Canadian Minister of Defence (died 2021)

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Born
August 6, 1923
Died
August 8, 2021
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1923

About Paul Hellyer

Paul Theodore Hellyer was a Canadian engineer, politician, writer, and commentator. He was the longest serving member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada at the time of his death. He finished a distant sixth of eight contestants on the second ballot; Joe Clark won the leadership. Hellyer returned to parliament in a 1958 by-election in the neighbouring riding of Trinity, and became an opposition critic of John Diefenbaker's Progressive Conservative government. When the Liberals returned to power in the 1963 election, Hellyer became Minister of National Defence in the cabinet of Lester B.

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Paul Hellyer timeline

  1. Hellyer returned to parliament in a 1958 by-election in the neighbouring riding of Trinity, and became an opposition critic of John Diefenbaker's Progressive Conservative government.
  2. When the Liberals returned to power in the 1963 election, Hellyer became Minister of National Defence in the cabinet of Lester B.

The world when Paul Hellyer was born

Paul Hellyer was born in 1923. 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 1923

  • #1 song"Yes! We Have No Bananas"
  • Top movieThe Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille)
  • Best-selling bookBlack Oxen – Gertrude Atherton

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst 24 Hours of Le Mans race
  • Top headlineTime magazine publishes its first issue
  • Technology milestoneFirst neon signs appear in the United States
  • Defining fadDance marathons
  • Notable inventionFrozen food process (Clarence Birdseye)
  • World population1.93 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWarren G. Harding / Calvin Coolidge
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • U.S. population111.9M

1923 versus 2026

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

Measure19232026
Gas$0.22$3.45/gal
Average home$5,700$435,000
Average income$3,380$67,500
Movie ticket$0.15$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population111.9M341 million

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