HISB41H3 : Study Guide Part 2
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Mackenzie king: prime minister of canada (1921 26, 1926 . The grandson of william l. mackenzie, he was deputy minister of labour (1900 08) before being appointed canada"s first minister of labour (1909 11). Re-elected to the canadian parliament (1919), he became leader of the liberal party. As prime minister, he favoured social reform without socialism; he led the government with support from an alliance of liberals and progressives. He effected a more independent relationship between the commonwealth nations and britain. During and after world war ii he unified a country often divided between english and french constituents: r. b. Bennett: bill aberhart : created social credit theory. His conservative government led till 1970 (after social credit failed): harry stevens: stevens thought that bennett was doing nothing to deal with corrupt big businesses. He left the conservative party and formed the reconstruction party, 1935: tim buck: ran the communist party of canada which supported the violent overthrow of the government.
