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William Lyon Mackenzie King had a long political career. He was leader of the Liberal Party for 29 eventful years through the buoyant expansion of the 1920s, the depression of the 1930s, the shock of World War II, and then the post-war reconstruction, and for 21 of these years he was Canada’s prime minister.
2. Feb. 2019 · Learn about William Lyon Mackenzie King, the first prime minister of independent Canada, he guided Canada through World War II and obtained full independence...
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William Lyon Mackenzie King, noto semplicemente come Mackenzie King o WLMK (Berlin, Ontario, 17 dicembre 1874 – Chelsea, 22 luglio 1950), è stato un politico canadese. Fu il decimo Primo ministro del Canada dal 29 dicembre 1921 al 28 giugno 1926 , poi dal 25 settembre 1926 al 6 agosto 1930 , poi dal 23 ottobre 1935 al 15 novembre 1948 per un terzo mandato.
William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG (December 17, 1874 – July 22, 1950), also commonly known as Mackenzie King, was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He is known for having led Canada through the Second World War .
Quick Facts. Canada's longest-serving prime minister, his term overlapped with the Great Depression and World War II. Name: William Lyon Mackenzie King. Born: December 17, 1874, Kitchener, Ontario. Died: July 22, 1950, Kingsmere, Quebec. Served (first time): December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926 (4 years)
Politics and Government: William Lyon Mackenzie King. William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874-1950), head of the Liberal government throughout the Second World War, was Canada's greatest political survivor: prime minister in the 1920s, when the country became independent from Britain; in the Depression-ravaged 1930s; and in the 1940s, the years of war and the Cold War which followed.
William Lyon Mackenzie King's own account of a whirlwind diplomatic mission he undertook in the first months of 1908. Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier's door was not the only one that opened for King in the course of this mission: almost by accident - at least as King tells it - the thirty-two-year old Deputy Minister of Labour became a
