William Lyon Mackenzie King was one of the greatest prime ministers in Canada, although he did not give a fascinating speech or had an exciting image and supported few radical policies . King’s opinions were very strong and would not be changed no matter what. No one could influence King and this was shown through his leadership during the Great Depression and the election in 1930. When the Great Depression occurred right around 1930, William Lyon Mackenzie King and his government did not respond
that pops into mind in relation. However in the case of William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada’s longest serving prime minister, it might be. After the release of King’s diaries, it was revealed that King had spent a large chunk of his life invested in spiritualism, the belief that spirits of the dead may communicate with the living. It is often debated if Mackenzie King was crazy during his time as prime minister. William Lyon Mackenzie King may have been an absurd spiritualist, but he was sane, leading
King vs. Total Control: The King-Byng Affair William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada’s longest serving prime minister, is known for both the great contributions he brought to Canada and for the scandals he was involved in. The one event that makes him most famous to Canadians is the King-Byng Affair of 1926. During this event, Mackenzie King asked Lord Byng to dissolve parliament in order to force a new election as he had lost with a minority. Because King’s intentions were to regain a majority government
Mackenzie King was the longest serving Prime Minister of Canada (Neatby, 2005). For many King was a great and effective Prime Minister. But for others, he was ineffective due to his “5 cent speech”, racist behavior and lastly for his strong spiritual beliefs. Therefore this makes William Lyon Mackenzie King to be an ineffective Prime Minister of Canada from the years 1921-1929. King’s biggest act that clearly shows him to be an unfit and ineffective Prime Minister of Canada was his “5 cent speech”
The greatest Prime Minister of Canada was? Mackenzie King our 10thPrime Minister of Canada and by far one of our greatest. William Lyon Mackenzie King accomplished a lot in his twenty-0ne years of ministering our Country Canada! "It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government." (Mackenzie King august 26, 1936) This statement sums up the best secrets of Mackenzie King's success as prime minister, and perhaps, the key to governing Canada effectively. King's record of
“Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement.” This was once said by American author Rita Mae Brown. People can always review something that has happened in the past, but humans tend not to think twice about what they are doing in the present. Throughout history, people have gained hindsight through experience, so is it fair to blame others without understanding their reasoning? The majority of people believe that the internment of Japanese Canadians was unjustified
The Liberal Party was headed by William Lyon Mackenzie King and the Conservative Party was led by Arthur Meighen. King was a conciliator who came from a well-known family in Ontario. Known as a mediator, he found a balance between workers needs and business, making him a social reformer as well. Meighen, on the other hand, was a cold and arrogant character. Coming from an inconspicuous
the country had been governed by the Conservatives, first under the leadership of Robert Borden, and then under Arthur Meighen. Bordon, conservative 1911-20 (Union Government). Conscription means unity. Meighan (1920-21, Union Government) MacKenzie King, spirituarlist, liberal, union gov't disbanded, absorbed into conservative part. Organized labour thereafter was hostile towards the Conservatives, particularly Meighen and Robertson, for their forcefull role in putting down the strike. Combined
Bennett and Mackenzie King who offered their solutions in solving this situation. Many others had their own ideas. In the West side of Canada, two parties emerged as major political force. It was the Social Credit Party in Alberta and the socialist Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in Saskatchewan. William Aberhart, leader of the Social Credit Party, believed the cause of the Great Depression was because people
political events such as the King Byng Crisis and the Chanak Affair contributed to the maturity of Canada. Throughout the years Canada has slowly moving farther away from Britain becoming more independent. By the end of the 30's, Canada had experienced politically, economically, and as an independent nation. Politically, in the period between the wars, Canada had come a long way. During this period many important figures like R.B Bennett and William Lyon Mackenzie King emerged. They contributed
threat to their national defense, but evidence suggests that it had nothing to do with security. The government made illogical decisions in response to the mass panic and agitation in British Columbia. To aggravate the situation, Prime Minister William Mackenzie King reacted passively to these decisions, as it was not in his best interests to be involved. Moreover,
support Murphy being appointed as a senator (Alberta Online Encyclopedia, 2004). However, Robert Borden, the Prime Minister during that time, refused to appoint Murphy into the Senate as women weren’t “persons”. Two other prime ministers, Meighen and Mackenzie both promised to make changes to the British North American Act to include women as persons, but both failed to do so. Frustrated, Emily Murphy... ... middle of paper ... ...ugh the Persons Case gave women more rights, it still didn’t mean everyone
Alec Markarian 03/26/2014 Heritage Fair Research Paper Heritage Fair Project: Chinatown Riots, Vancouver 1907 For many decades, Chinese individuals immigrated to Canada until the 1870s, however the explanation for the arrival of Chinese immigrants was the desire to immigrate to Vancouver due to the promise of labor on the continental railway that brought the Chinese to Canada in massive numbers. The general mood of Vancouverites at the time was against the immigration of Asians. This led the the
Introductory Paragraph: The 1920s were years of political controversy and defying social standards, this time in Canada would mark an era which would pioneer the way for those to come in regards to daring fashion, radical opinions, progressing technologies and political changes. “The Roaring Twenties” is a phrase often used when describing this period of time in North America, the phrase is justified by the cultural and artistic diversity of the time, it was a period of glamour and prosperity
"I didn't know at first that there were two languages in Canada. I just thought that there was one way to speak to my father and another to speak to my mother." -- Louis Stephen St. Laurent. As the second French Canadian prime minister of Canada, Louis St. Laurent had a very influential role to Canada. St-Laurent became prime minister in 1948, after a selection authorized by a Liberal Convention. He was a well-respected prime minister and was given the name "Uncle Louis" for reshaping and improving
the people of Canada disliked the family compacts dominance of Upper Canada’s political system and when attempts to reform the Canadian political system through democratic means the people resorted to rebellion. The rebels lead by primarily William Lyon Mackenzie a prominent member of the reform party and newspaper owner who was inspired by the American Revolution. The British government acted swiftly bringing an end to the rebellion. Although the rebellion was quashed the family compact began to
William Lyon Mackenzie, the Prime Minister of Toronto and the Leader of the Rebellion in Upper Canada is perceived as both heroic and infamous. In Mackenzie’s speech, The Proclamation to the People of Upper Canada, he is shown to be a strong democratic leader striving for change in the government not only for his own needs but for the people’s needs as well. However, in a political cartoon “Short Fuse”, illustrated by Terry Mosher, Mackenzie is represented as a short-tempered leader, who led his
Mackenzie House With numerous modern houses that make up Toronto's landscape, the sight of a 19th century house may be attractive among them, located at 82 Bond Street downtown. Mackenzie House is famous for the person who lived there, William Lyon Mackenzie, the first mayor of Toronto, who was also a journalist and political reformer or note. (City of Toronto website, 2014)The house is in Georgian style which was extremely popular during the 18th and 19th century. (Pennsylvania Historical & Museum
John Strachan: The Holy Terror Many individuals appear to have honourable intentions but often their objectives are flawed. John Strachan lived through and influenced many key events of Canadian history. He was a highly esteemed teacher of wealthy Loyalist children, a pastoral leader during the War of 1812, a supporter of education, a member of the government, he played a prime role in the Rebellions of 1837 and he eventually rose to become the first Bishop of Toronto. John Strachan had a highly
The Causes for the Rebellion of 1837-1838 The rebellions of Upper and Lower Canada were in the interests of self-government but were doomed to failure from their beginning. Each of these two colonies encountered a great deal of problems right from the institution of the Constitution Act of 1791 and the problems continually got worse until the only choice to some seem to be rebellion. There were several problems that lead to the rebellions of 1837-38. In Lower Canada there was the agricultural