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William lyon mackenzie king

He was an astute politician who won record party victories at the polls. King led Canada through the Second World War and the many crises it engendered at home and abroad. He was a shy and sensitive man but could rule with an iron hand and often did. He believed that it was possible to communicate with the spirit world. He was made a C. King became deputy labour minister in In he was appointed Labour Minister and entered the House of Commons.

He went down with the government in the elections and was out of the House until He succeeded Laurier as Liberal leader in and returned to the House as opposition leader. He was Prime Minister from December 29th, to June 28th, , from September 15th, to August 7th, , and from October 23, to November 15th, when he resigned because of failing health.

In the Liberals won a record seats. In , faced with a censure vote and likely defeat in the Commons, Mackenzie King asked Governor general Byng fro dissolution but His Excellency refused, thus creating the famous constitutional crisis and called on the Conservative leader Meighen to attempt to form a government. With a smaller following than King's Meighen was defeated within 3 months.

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King fought the ensuing election on the constitutional issue, claiming that the Governor General of Canada should take his instructions from the sovereign's Canadian advisors. That point was later established beyond question. King resigned in favour of Louis St-Laurent in He never fully regained his health and died at his country home, Kingsmere, in the Gatineau Hills near Ottawa in July of