He won it because of his contribution to the Suez Crisis.
Lester Bowles Pearson won The Nobel Peace Prize in 1957.
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1957 was awarded to Lester Bowles Pearson.
The Prime Minister who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 was Lester B. Pearson, the Canadian Prime Minister. He won the prize for his role in resolving the Suez Canal Crisis through the United Nations.
Nobel Peace prize
For Solving the Suez Crisis.
Lester B. Pearson.
Lester B. Pearson won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for his role in defusing the Suez Crisis.
The first Canadian to win a Nobel Peace Prize was Lester B. Pearson in 1957. Pearson received the award for his role in defusing the Suez Crisis while serving as the Minister of External Affairs for Canada.
This would obviously vary from person to person. However, here are some of the favourites:Wilfred LaurierLester B. PearsonPierre TrudeauWilliam Lyon Mackenzie KingSir John A. MacdonaldLouis St. LaurentRobert Borden
There hasn't yet been a female Canadian winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, as of 2014. The only Canadian to win the Nobel Peace Prize is Lester B. Pearson, in 1957, a man.
The laureate in 1957 was Lester Bowles Pearson from Canada.Added:Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson (23 April 1897 - 27 December 1972) was a Canadian professor, historian, civil servant, statesman, diplomat, and politician, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for organizing the United Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Canal Crisis.[He was the 14th Prime Minister of Canada from 22 April 1963, until 20 April 1968, as the head of two back-to-back minority governments following elections in 1963 and 1965]citation source: wikipedia