HISB41H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: William Lyon Mackenzie King, Maritime Rights Movement, Arthur Meighen
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Chapter 15 to 18 / lecture material (remember specific dates) Four short answer questions identify and state historical significance; full sentences/paragraph format. Laurier dies in 191 and is succeed by william lyon mackenzie king and arthur. William lyon mackenzie king sees himself as reformer and becomes liberal pm in. Arthur meighen leader of opposition very unpopular and involved with drafting the conscription bill, prosecution of protest leader during the winnipeg general strike. Thus he was very well known at the time. The reason he was voted in was because the conservative party was very disconnected with politics of the nation at this time. 1921 election is noted for canadians voting in first minority government and house of commons divided nationally that divid politics. Maritime and quebec very much support king and for the first time there is the emergence of a third national party.
