Signed dedication by William Mackenzie King, 1923
Scope and Contents
The page is headed at the top 'White Gate, Portinscale Road, S.W. 15'. Below King has written 'Miss Daisy Willis. With the best of wishes. Nov.18.1923. W.L. Mackenzie King'.
Dates
- Creation: 1923
Creator
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Biographical / Historical
William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874-1950) was born in Ontario on 17 December 1874. He attended the Universities of Toronto and Harvard, and was Deputy Minister of the Canadian Labour Department, 1900-1908. He was an M.P., 1908-1911, and Director of Industrial Research at the Rockefeller Foundation, 1914-1918. He became leader of the Liberal Party in 1919, and was Prime Minister, 1921-1930 and 1935-1948, and Minister for External Affairs, 1921-1930... and 1935-1946. In 1940 he signed the Ogdensburg Agreement with President Roosevelt on joint defence, and in 1941 agreed the Hyde Park Declaration for the closer integration of the Canadian and American economies. His championing of Canadian independence bore fruit in the Canadian Citizenship Act in 1946. He retired in 1948, and died on 22 July 1950 at his home Kingsmere, near Ottawa.
See moreExtent
1 page(s) (1 page) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
MSS 62c99
Other Finding Aids
MSS Addenda, vol. III.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented by Mrs Norman Edwards, née Elfreda Margaret Willis.
General
This collection level description was created by RAS using information from the original typescript catalogue. The biographical history was compiled with reference to the entry on William Mackenzie King in L.G. Wickham Legg and E.T. Williams, eds, 'Dictionary of national biography', 1941-1950 (Oxford University Press, 1959), pp. 457-462.
Originator(s)
King, William Lyon Mackenzie, 1874-1950, Prime Minister of Canada
Finding aid date
2004-01-05 11:56:33+00:00
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