Lester Bowles “Mike” Pearson, prime minister 1963–68, statesman, politician, public servant, professor (born 23 April 1897 in Newtonbrook, ON; died 27 December 1972 in Ottawa, ON).

 

Legacy 

International and Global Legacy 

 

 

Atlantic Canada Legacy 

The declining economic importance of coal led to Dominion Coal’s withdrawal in 1967; the publicly owned Cape Breton Development Corporation (DEVCO) closed the town’s one remaining colliery in the 1980s; and Devco itself was dismantled and all its assets sold off, at the turn of the 21st century. Some residents find employment in the one remaining large working colliery in the Sydney coalfield.