Question: who was prime minister of canada in 1965
Answer: 14 Lester B. Pearson ( 1897 -- 1972 ) MP for Algoma East , ON April 22 , 1963 -- April 20 , 1968 1963 election ( 26th Parl 't ) 1965 election ( 27th Parl 't ) Liberal Party Named leader in 1958 19th Secretary of State for External Affairs ; Bomarc missile program ; Federal involvement in universal healthcare ; Canada Pension Plan ; Canada Student Loans ; Creation of a new Canadian flag ; Auto Pact ; Rejection of troop deployment to Vietnam ; Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism ; Unification of the Armed Forces ;