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WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE KING
Created By : Kevin Xu
Introduction
One of Canada’s greatest Prime Minster
King is a very dedicated writer
A dairy of his life that he wrote contains over 30,000 pages (more than 7,500,000 words)
Background Information Born in December 17 , 1874 in
Berlin Ontario
Prime Minister and also the leader of the Liberal Party
Bachelor (unmarried)
Ran Prime Minister for 22 years
He Died on July 22, 1950 at the age of 75
Political Life
King graduated from University of Toronto and Studied Economics at University of Chicago and Harvard.
In 1900, he became Deputy Minister of Labor.
King joins the Liberal party and wins a seat in the 1908 election.
In 1919, King was elected leader of the Liberal.
Political Life
In 1944, King successfully negotiate the issue of conscription
King introduced Unemployment
Insurances (1940) and Family Allowance(1944)
Unfortunately he died in 1950, less than two years after retiring.
King took advantage of the prosperity during the late 1920s to introduce old age pension and reduces war debts .
Led Canada through WW2
Political Record
Old Age Pension 1926
First Canada government Deputy Minister of Labor
Avoided the depression after the war
Appointed Cairine Wilson as first woman senator
Political Record
Unemployment Insurance 1940
National Resources Mobilization Act in 1940
Family Allowances Act 1944
Why is he the Greatest Canadian ?
King avoided the national crisis over conscription
He help reduce tariffs rates and war debts
He governed Canada during World War 2 and succeeded
Maintain the harmony between English Canadians and French Canadians during WW2
Helped survived the conscription that was suppose to split English and French lines.
William Lyon Mackenzie King
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