William Lyon Mackenzie King facts for kids
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William Lyon Mackenzie King
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| 10th Prime Minister of Canada | |
| In office October 23, 1935 – November 15, 1948 |
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| Monarch | George V Edward VIII George VI |
| Governor-General | Earl of Bessborough Lord Tweedsmuir Earl of Athlone Viscount Alexander |
| Preceded by | Richard Bennett |
| Succeeded by | Louis St. Laurent |
| In office September 25, 1926 – August 7, 1930 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Governor-General | Lord Byng of Vimy Viscount Willingdon |
| Preceded by | Arthur Meighen |
| Succeeded by | Richard Bennett |
| In office December 29, 1921 – June 28, 1926 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Governor-General | Lord Byng of Vimy |
| Preceded by | Arthur Meighen |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Meighen |
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| Born | December 17, 1874 Berlin, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | July 22, 1950 (aged 75) Chelsea, Quebec, Canada |
| Resting place | Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Never married |
| Alma mater | Suddaby Public School University of Toronto Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School Osgoode Hall Law School University of Chicago Harvard University |
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William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG (December 17, 1874 – July 22, 1950), also commonly known as Mackenzie King, was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s.
He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948. A Liberal with 22 years in office, he was the longest-serving Prime Minister in Canadian history.
King died on July 22, 1950, at Kingsmere from pneumonia, aged 75. He is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto.
Images for kids
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King in 1899
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Wearing court uniform as Minister of Labour in 1910
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King, while writing Industry and Humanity, 1917
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Sir Esme Howard, King, and Vincent Massey at the Canadian Legation during a visit to Washington in 1927
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Mackenzie King (seated right) at the 1926 Imperial Conference, which led to the Balfour Declaration
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Signing of the Dominion–Provincial Agreement on Old Age Pensions in 1928. (Seated, L–R): Peter Heenan, Thomas Donnelly, John Millar, W. R. Motherwell, William Lyon Mackenzie King, C. A. Dunning. (Standing, L–R): Fred Johnson, John Vallance, Ed Young, C. R. McIntosh, Robert McKenzie, Gordon Ross, A. F. Totzke, George McPhee, Malcolm McLean, William Bock.
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King, in court dress, speaking on Parliament Hill during a ceremony celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of Confederation in 1927
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King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, and Prime Minister Mackenzie King in Banff, Alberta, 1939
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King (back left) with (counterclockwise from King) Franklin D. Roosevelt, Governor General the Earl of Athlone and Winston Churchill during the Quebec Conference in 1943
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King (far right) together with (from left to right) Governor General the Earl of Athlone, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill at the Octagon Conference, Quebec City, September 1944
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Norman Robertson and Mackenzie King, 1944
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King, sitting left, at the 1944 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference
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King becomes the first person to take the Oath of Citizenship, from Chief Justice Thibaudeau Rinfret, in the Supreme Court, January 3, 1947
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King's grave and memorial plaque
