More than anything else, the election was a referendum on Conservative prime minister R.B. Bennett, whose name had become synonymous with hard times. As his ...

William Lyon Mackenzie King OM CMG PC (December 17, 1874 – July 22, 1950) was a Canadian statesman and politician who was the tenth prime minister of Canada ...

Richard (RB) Bennett was a tough-talking millionaire whom Canadians turned to as a beacon of hope during the first years of the Great Depression.

William Lyon Mackenzie King, prime minister of Canada 1921–26, 1926–30 and 1935–48 (born 17 December 1874 in Berlin [Kitchener], ON; died 22 July 1950 i...

On October 14, 1935, the Conservative party, which had been in power in Canada since the general election of July, 1930, was resoundingly defeated.

went to the leader of the Conservative party, Mr. R. B. Bennett. The election returns were full of surprises. The much heralded Recon- struction party, formed ...

6 мая 2022 г. · A response to Bruce Maxwell's new book Failed Promise: Five Reasons R.B. Bennett Lost the 1935 Canadian Federal Election.

20 янв. 2021 г. · In the mid-1930s, at the height of the Great Depression, Prime Minister R.B. Bennett's political demise seemed inevitable.

20 мар. 2024 г. · There is no more accomplished historian than David MacKenzie to analyse that election. He has written widely on Canadian politics and offers a ...