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Paul Martin Sr., 54, former Minister of National Health and Welfare (1946-1957), MP for Essex East, Ontario since 1935.
Lester Pearson, 60, former Secretary of State for External Affairs (1948-1957), MP for Algoma East, Ontario since 1948.
Donald Hugh Mackay, Mayor of Calgary, withdrew his candidacy a week before the convention.
Former Finance Minister Walter Edward Harris, who had lost his seat in the election, had initially been expected to be Pearson's main competitor but did not run.[3] Newfoundland MP and former Minister for Citizenship and Immigration Jack Pickersgill was also expected to run but did not stand. Other names mentioned as possible candidates were former Fisheries Minister and British Columbia MP James Sinclair (Coast—Capilano), former Transport Minister and Montreal MP George Carlyle Marler (Saint-Antoine—Westmount), and former Public Works Minister Robert Winters who had lost his Queens—Lunenburg, Nova Scotia seat in the election.[3]
Pearson was the choice of the party establishment, had strong support from MPs in Quebec and Toronto, and won overwhelmingly on the first ballot and was also helped by being awarded the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize weeks before the convention. Martin, who had been on the left of the St. Laurent cabinet, attempted to appeal to the rank-and-file,[1]
