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[graphic] 		First Among Equals - Children's Version : The Prime Minister in Canadian Life and Politics
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William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King
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Born 1874, Died 1950

Time as Prime Minister
1921 - 1926
1926 - 1930
1935 - 1948

Born

  • December 17, 1874, Berlin (Kitchener), Ontario

Education

  • University of Toronto, B.A. 1895, LL.B. 1896, M.A. 1897
  • University of Chicago 1896 - 1897
  • Harvard University, M.A. Political Economy 1898, Ph.D. 1909

Personal Life

  • Bachelor

Occupations

  • 1900 - 1908 Canada's first Deputy Minister of Labour and editor of the Labour Gazette
  • 1914 - 1918 Labour consultant, Rockefeller Foundation
  • Author

Political Party

  • Liberal
  • 1919 - 1948 Party Leader

Constituencies

  • 1908 - 1911 Waterloo North, Ontario
  • 1919 - 1921 Prince, Prince Edward Island
  • 1921 - 1925 York North, Ontario
  • 1926 - 1945 Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
  • 1945 - 1949 Glengarry, Ontario

Other Ministries

  • 1909 - 1911 Labour
  • 1921 - 1930, 1935 - 1946 External Affairs

Political Record

  • Industrial Disputes Investigation Act 1907
  • Leader of the Opposition 1919 - 1921, 1926
  • Old Age Pension 1926
  • Appointed Cairine Wilson first woman senator 1930
  • Leader of the Opposition 1930 - 1935
  • Rowell-Sirois Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations 1937
  • Led Canada as Prime Minister throughout Second World War 1939 - 1945
  • National Resources Mobilization Act 1940
  • Unemployment Insurance 1940
  • National Plebiscite on Conscription 1942
  • Construction of the Alaska Highway 1942 - 1943
  • Family Allowances Act 1944

Died

  • July 22, 1950, Kingsmere, Quebec
  • Grave site: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario

Source: Canada's Prime Ministers, 1867-1994. [Ottawa]: National Archives of Canada, c1994. 20 p.

Created: 2001-04-23
Updated: 2001-11-20
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