William Lyon Mackenzie

William Lyon Mackenzie King “Help those who cannot help themselves” was William Lyon Mackenzie King’s life motto as a child. William Lyon Mackenzie, better known as Mackenzie King was the 10th Prime Minister of Canada. Mackenzie was the leader of the liberal party and is currently Canada’s longest serving Prime Minister at 22 years. In this essay I will argue why I believe Mackenzie King should be the next Prime Minister of Canada. I believe William Lyon Mackenzie King should be the next Prime

A Eulogy on William Lyon Mackenzie King – By: Matthew W. Tam One of our most renowned prime ministers, a fellow who held our country strong during the most depressing of times and a dominant political figure serving for twenty-two years. I offer my sincerest condolences to one of the strongest political figures at the time, William Lyon Mackenzie King. King was a person who dedicated a large portion of his life on leading Canada through industrialization and development of the country. King’s activeness

William Lyon Mackenzie King was Canada's tenth prime minster from 1935-1948. He’s Canada’s longest serving prime minster and during his time as prime minster, he has made valuable contributions to help improve Canada. He steered Canada through industrialization, some of the Great Depression and the second world war. Although he lost the election to the conservatives in 1930 due to the reason that he was known to be indecisive and unable to deal with the depression; he proved to be more than what

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

Unforgettable actions that will always be remembered in honour of Mackenzie King, which made him such a great leader. In my opinion William Lyon Mackenzie King showed that he was an effective leader through his duty of being Canada's 10th Prime Minister for 29 years. King made huge impacts on many lives and both world wars in being Canada's best Prime Minister. Mackenzie King did many effective actions throughout his years of being Prime Minister, however three events stood out the most. King showed

William Lyon Mackenzie King once said “It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts;” although he may have sought truth in his statement, there were numerous occasions where he didn’t abide by it, and his actions contradicted his morals. King represented Canada in the role of a dominant political figure (that is, the Prime Minister back in the years 1926-30 and 1935-48) with a reign lasting longer than any other to this date. Since then, King’s time as prime minister has stirred up controversy

During the 1930s there were only 2 main political figures for Canada and those 2 figures were William Lyon Mackenzie King the grandson of William Lyon Mackenzie and the second leader being R.B Bennett a powerful business man during the 1920s. Both very distinguished leaders had their own ideas for Canada but which one of these men handled the position better? During the 20s William Lyon Mackenzie King was in power and he did quite a good job with his policies to help the farmers after the first world

May 15, 1919.(Reilly, 2006, 1).Winnipeg General Strike (social) After the war, Canadian factories that manufactured war supplies were permanently closed. This produced a lot of unemployment and bankruptcy. The cost to live was increasing dramatically and many people (who were still employed) could not compete with the inflation.(CBC, N/A, 1). WW1 veterans who had returned home after the war found that the wages were far too low.(School Work Helpers, 2016, 1). Some people wished to be employed, while

Post-war years have significant impacts on a society’s economy, bringing an abundance of celebration, cherished moments and highlighting the end of the plagued events of war and loss. With the end of such an afflicted time period, the arrival of solidarity and unification in society usually follows. The Roaring Twenties accomplished many positive changes in Canadian society, building the path it needs to follow to become a great nation and progress into the future. The time period was regarded as

Hitler Adolf Hitler has the image of having a ruthless evil character from his deeds during world war two. However evidences show that he was not a terribly evil person, but a normal person with large ambitions. Canadian prime minister Mackenzie King wrote in his journal after meeting with Adolf Hitler that, "he is really one who truly loves his fellow-men, and his country, and would make any sacrifice for their good…a man of deep sincerity and a genuine patriot," which all shows he was naturally