biography
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King, W(illiam) L(yon) Mackenzie
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| male
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| lived:
| (1874–1950)
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| biography:
| Canadian statesman and prime minster (1921–6, 1926–30, 1935–48), born in Kitchener (formerly Berlin), Ontario, SE Canada. He studied law at Toronto University, and economics at Chicago and Harvard. He became an MP (1908), minister of labour (1909–11), and Liberal leader (1919). As premier, he introduced legislation for the resolution of industrial disputes through third-party arbitration, and helped to craft new Imperial relationships between Britain and the Commonwealth (1926–30). His view that the dominions should be autonomous communities within the British empire resulted in the Statute of Westminster (1931). He resigned from office in 1948. |
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