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OCR: CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION John George Diefenbaker who became the voice of the Saskatchewan prairie was born in Ontario in 1895 His family moved west in 1903 His father was 0 German descent his mother Scottish His very name "Diefenbaker, seemed mark him as an outsider At15 Diefenbaker chanced to meet and impress Sir Wilfrid Laurier and was not long before young John showed his own knack for politics and ora tory He spoke on "Canada Future at his high school graduation pue was star debater in university He graduai ted in law after serving in World Warl. As criminal lawyer he successf fully took on unpopular causes but the political life was his real I ambition. BIOGRAPHY CHIL DHOOD ther Diefenbake thancec