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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