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John Diefenbaker

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The Resume

    (September 18, 1895-August 16, 1979)
    Thirteenth Prime Minister of Canada (1957-1963)

Why he might be annoying:

    He did not get along well with John F. Kennedy, who thought he was a 'boring' person.
    He had less kind words to say about Kennedy, calling him a 'boastful son of a bitch.'
    He cancelled a project that was to give Canada the best jet fighter in the world and instead bought an outdated missile system from the United States.
    He was pissed about the United States not attacking Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis, which we now know would have started a nuclear war.
    His radical politics alienated him from his own party.
    He believed he lost his election because of a conspiracy concocted by the Kennedy administration.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He paid for his college by using his bicycle to peddle miles from farmhouse to farmhouse in Canada selling books.
    He had a successful career as a lawyer, defending 18 men against the death penalty.
    He attempted to create a Canadian Bill of Rights which intended to make certain the rights of citizens in Canada.
    He condemned communism throughout his career.
    He called for nuclear disarmament before it became an international issue.
    He denounced apartheid in South Africa, so much so that South Africa left the Commonwealth of Nations because of it.
    He focused on acceptance of other minorities in Canada rather than quelling the feuds between British and French Canadians.
    He was responsible for getting indigenous Canadians the right to vote.

Credit: Captain Howdy


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 24 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 900 Votes: 81.78% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 61 Votes: 62.30% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 40 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 112 Votes: 45.54% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 101 Votes: 63.37% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 228 Votes: 64.47% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 131 Votes: 61.07% Annoying