William Lyon Mackenzie King OM CMG PC (December 17, 1874 – July 22, 1950) was a Canadian statesman and politician who was the tenth prime minister of...
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William Lyon Mackenzie (March 12, 1795 – August 28, 1861) was a Scottish Canadian-American journalist and politician. He founded newspapers critical of...
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Abdication of Edward VIII (redirect from Abdication of King Edward VIII)
there was "no alternative to course (3)". William Lyon Mackenzie King (Prime Minister of Canada), Joseph Lyons (Prime Minister of Australia), and J. B....
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This article is the electoral history of William Lyon Mackenzie King, the tenth Prime Minister of Canada. A Liberal, he was Canada's longest-serving prime...
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life. The election resulted in the incumbent Liberal government of Mackenzie King being reduced to 101 seats in the House of Commons, while the opposition...
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under the system of responsible government. Under this system, William Lyon Mackenzie King was Canada's longest-serving prime minister, holding office for...
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Lord Byng of Vimy, refused a request by the prime minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King, to dissolve parliament and call a general election. The prime...
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National Arts Centre and Confederation Park. It was named for William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874–1950), Canada's longest-serving prime minister and was...
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Canadian fifty-dollar note (category William Lyon Mackenzie King)
new Polymer Series (2011). The front features a portrait of William Lyon Mackenzie King. A large clear window runs vertically on the right hand side...
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University of Toronto (redirect from King's College, Toronto)
Toronto alumni include five Prime Ministers of Canada (including William Lyon Mackenzie King and Lester B. Pearson), three Governors General of Canada, nine...
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A statue of William Lyon Mackenzie is installed in Toronto's Queen's Park, in Ontario, Canada. The front features a bust of Mackenzie from his chest to...
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until the mid-1950s, the Liberal Party under Prime Ministers William Lyon Mackenzie King and Louis St. Laurent gradually built a Canadian welfare state...
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Australia Mackenzie King Island, Queen Elizabeth Islands, Northwest Territories/Nunavut, Canada (named for the Mackenzie King families of William Lyon Mackenzie...
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hosted by the Canadian prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. Although Churchill suggested that Mackenzie King be involved in all discussions, Roosevelt...
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of his prime minister (William Lyon Mackenzie King) in what came to be known colloquially as the King–Byng Affair. Mackenzie King, after resigning and then...
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Prime Minister J. B. M. Hertzog and Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. The declaration accepted the growing political and diplomatic...
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Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (redirect from Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge)
of Canada, on the recommendation of Canadian prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. He occupied the post until 1946. Athlone helped galvanise the...
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Mackenzie House is a historic building and museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that was the last home of William Lyon Mackenzie, the city's first mayor...
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William Lyon Mackenzie King, 1924–1932: The Lonely Heights (1963) standard biography, online edition. Neatby, H. Blair. William Lyon Mackenzie King:...
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Conservatives had the most seats, but Mackenzie King formed the government with the support of the Progressive Party. After the King–Byng Affair, Arthur Meighen's...
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Agreement was an agreement concluded between Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Heuvelton near Ogdensburg...
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The Twentieth Century (film) (category William Lyon Mackenzie King)
portrait of the rise to power of former Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King as played by Dan Beirne. It won three Canadian Screen Awards...
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government, defeating the Liberal Party led by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. 3,922,481 votes were cast in this election.[1] The first signs...
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The Farm (Canada) (category William Lyon Mackenzie King)
farmstead built by settler Henry Fleury in the mid-19th century. William Lyon Mackenzie King, the 10th Prime Minister of Canada, privately purchased the farmstead...
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14th Canadian Ministry (redirect from 2nd Ministry of William Lyon Mackenzie King)
Canadian Ministry was the second cabinet chaired by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. It governed Canada from 25 September 1926 to 7 August 1930,...
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Vincent Massey (category Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada)
obtaining a degree in history and befriending future prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King while studying at the University of Oxford. He was commissioned...
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Trudeau announced that the $20 bill would be updated to feature the new king, Charles III. Notes are issued by the Bank of Canada, but the actual production...
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Wilfrid Laurier (category Canadian King's Counsel)
minister of Canada, behind Pierre Trudeau, John A. Macdonald, and William Lyon Mackenzie King. The second child of Carolus Laurier and Marcelle Martineau,...
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Louis St. Laurent (category Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada)
entered politics as minister of justice under Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. In February 1942, he won a by-election in the riding of Quebec...
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was published in the Canada Gazette. Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King announced the recommendation for a declaration of war in a radio-broadcast...
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