Politics in the Great Depression….
1930 Election
Mackenzie King (Liberal)
Current Prime Minister with
unemployment rising
Wouldn’t give a “5 cent piece” to Conservative
provincial governments to help
unemployment
Bennett(Conservative)
Lawyer, businessman & millionaire
Tariffs needed to protect Canadian
business
1930 Election Results
Seats in the House of Commons
ConservativesLiberals
Bennett’s Failing Policies
• Forgot who Canada’s biggest trading partner was• USA slaps high tariffs on Canada• Canadian businesses suffer
lowers British tariffs; increases US Tariffs
• No jobs are created & families struggle
Refuses to spend money on large public work projects & relief payments
• Harsh protests cracked down by Bennett
Relief (work) Camps to get unemployed men off streets
Bennett Mockery
Bennett Buggy
Eggs Bennett
Bennett Coffee
Bennett Blanket
Bennett Burgh
Bennett Barnyar
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Bennett’s Compassion
• Secretly donated large sums of money to charities
• Sent small sums of money & gifts to Canadians who wrote him letters
Bennett’s Lasting Policies• created Bank of Canada to control interest rates
• created Canadian Wheat Board to control wheat prices
• created unemployment benefits
Mackenzie King Returns as PM
1935 Election
LiberalConservativeSocial CreditCCF