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UBC Press has just released âThe Unexpected Louis St. Laurent,â a study of the former prime minister (1948-1957 ), whose title implies that he has been underestimated. He was the first Canadian prime minister that I remember in office and the first whom I met, in his later years, including an interview he graciously gave me for my book about Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis (1936-1939, 1944-1959). St. Laurent is the only such prominent figure I have known of whom I have never heard a negative, or even slightly disrespectful, comment, including from his opponents, Progressive Conservative leaders George Drew and John Diefenbaker (who had nothing but praise for him).