| Birth: | Dec. 17, 1874 | | Death: | Jul. 22, 1950 | 
10th Prime Minister of Canada (1921-1926, 1926-1930, 1935, 1948) Liberal-Ontario, Saskatchewan. Longest-serving prime minister in Canadian history, 22 years over three separate terms. Served in the House of Commons (1908-1911, 1919-1925, 1926-1948). Leader of the Liberal Party (1919-1948). King was prime minister during World War II, hosting Roosevelt and Chgurchill at the Quebec Conference of 1943. Seen as a steady if uninspirational leader. A lifelong bachelor, he was later found to have often conferred with his mother and his dog, both long dead at the time. He died at Kingsmere, his estate near Ottawa, now a park. Pictured on the Canadian $50 bill.
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Search Amazon for William Lyon Mackenzie King | | | Burial:
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Toronto
Ontario, Canada |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jan 01, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 2556 |
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