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A ring-a-ding day for Dief. Former prime minister John Diefenbaker was given an engraved school bell yesterday as he officiated at a ceremony changing(...)
A ring-a-ding day for Dief. Former prime minister John Diefenbaker was given an engraved school bell yesterday as he officiated at a ceremony changing(...)

A ring-a-ding day for Dief. Former prime minister John Diefenbaker was given an engraved school bell yesterday as he officiated at a ceremony changing(...)

Date5/14/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: A ring-a-ding day for Dief. Former prime minister John Diefenbaker was given an engraved school bell yesterday as he officiated at a ceremony changing the name of Plains Road Public School, in East York, to the Diefenbaker Public School. Dief told Douglas Stoddard (right) he'd ring the bell in Parliament if there are any disorders.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0043870F
He has a message, John Diefenbaker, the 78-year-old former prime minister, tells members of the Canadian Club yesterday in the Royal York. The message(...)
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2/11/1974
Former prime minister John Diefenbaker will speak at a dinner May 10 in Orangeville District Secondary School honoring MP Ellwood Madill (PC- Peel - Dufferin - Simcoe)
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3/15/1974
Dief Dons hard hat: Secretary Mrs. Marilyn Devanney helps Opposition Leader John Diefenbaker on with a safety helmet before he goes out to tour Expo '(...)
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1/21/1967
Back at Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate institute in Agincourt, which he opened 10 years ago, former prime minister John Diefenbaker speaks last nigh(...)
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10/28/1974
Glare of publicity or television lights does not usually faze former prime minister John Diefenbaker - but he likes dark glasses in Barbados (left). O(...)
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12/2/1976
Glared of publicity or television lights does not usually faze former prime minister John Diefenbaker - but he likes dark glasses in Barbados (left). (...)
Glared of publicity or television lights does not usually faze former prime minister John Diefenbaker - but he likes dark glasses in Barbados (left). (...)
1/23/1977
Former prime minister John Diefenbaker shows Eleanor Roosevelt Humanities Award to Ellen Fairclough, a former minister in his government, as Conservative MP Robert Coates looks on
Former prime minister John Diefenbaker shows Eleanor Roosevelt Humanities Award to Ellen Fairclough, a former minister in his government, as Conservative MP Robert Coates looks on
10/2/1977
Favorite son, former prime minister John Diefenbaker told the East York Progressive Conservative Association that high federal spending and Prime Mini(...)
Favorite son, former prime minister John Diefenbaker told the East York Progressive Conservative Association that high federal spending and Prime Mini(...)
3/15/1974
That old dief 'Magic. Reaching down form the platform, Opposition Leader John Diefenbaker shakes hands with some of the more than 7,000 persons who pa(...)
That old dief 'Magic. Reaching down form the platform, Opposition Leader John Diefenbaker shakes hands with some of the more than 7,000 persons who pa(...)
10/2/1965
The Star today begins publication of six excerpts from the third, final volume of John diefenbaker's memoirs, The Tumultuous Years. Here Dief, left, g(...)
The Star today begins publication of six excerpts from the third, final volume of John diefenbaker's memoirs, The Tumultuous Years. Here Dief, left, g(...)
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Election smear. Maria Maruszczak wipes lipstick smear from former prime minister John Diefenbaker's cheek as Parkdale-High Park Tory candidate Yu Shymko and daughter Lisa, 17, watch. [Incomplete]
Election smear. Maria Maruszczak wipes lipstick smear from former prime minister John Diefenbaker's cheek as Parkdale-High Park Tory candidate Yu Shymko and daughter Lisa, 17, watch. [Incomplete]
4/6/1979
Former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and Leonard Cheshire, a wartime commander of the Royal Air Force 617 (Dambusters) Squadron, examine World War I(...)
Former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and Leonard Cheshire, a wartime commander of the Royal Air Force 617 (Dambusters) Squadron, examine World War I(...)
6/21/1972