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2. William Lyon Mackenzie King - Wikipedia

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   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 for three non-consecutive terms from 1921 to 1926, 1926 to 1930, and 1935 to 1948.

3. Peter Charles Larkin - Wikipedia

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   Larkin was a close friend of Sir Wilfrid Laurier and William Lyon Mackenzie King. He was one of several wealthy supporters of the Liberal Party of Canada who contributed furniture, china and silver to Laurier House, the residence of Mackenzie King. In the late 1920s, Larkin raised $250,000 for Mackenzie King in order to give him financial security.

4. William Lyon Mackenzie - Wikipedia

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   William Lyon Mackenzie [a] (March 12, 1795 – August 28, 1861) was a Scottish Canadian-American journalist and politician. He founded newspapers critical of the Family Compact, a term used to identify elite members of Upper Canada.

5. 1919 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election - Wikipedia

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   William Lyon Mackenzie King, 44, was the former Minister of Labour (1909-1911) who had served as Member of Parliament for Waterloo North from 1908 until his defeat in 1911. William Stevens Fielding , 70, the MP for Shelburne and Queen's was a former Minister of Finance (1896-1911) and Premier of Nova Scotia (1884-1896).

6. 1925 Canadian federal election - Wikipedia

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   King was able to rule with the tacit support of the Progressives, and was not facing a statutory federal election until December 1926; however, a budget proposed in September 1925 by finance minister William Stevens Fielding was unexpectedly voted down in parliament, obligating Mackenzie King to resign as Prime Minister and recommend to the ...

7. Laurier House - Wikipedia

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   His wife, Zoé Laurier, willed the house to Mackenzie King upon her death in 1921. King then lived there from 1923 [ 1 ] until his death in 1950, and he willed the house to the Canadian Crown . The Cabinet then briefly considered designating the home as the permanent official residence of the prime minister.