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politics Post WWI

politics Post WWI. available online @ msbeenen.wikispaces.com. Political Change. Borden resigned due to poor healthy after WWI Arthur Meighen becomes the leader of the Conservatives and Canada’s 9th Prime Minister MacKenzie King and Meighen dominate politics in the 1920’s

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  1. politics Post WWI • available online @ msbeenen.wikispaces.com

  2. Political Change • Borden resigned due to poor healthy after WWI • Arthur Meighen becomes the leader of the Conservatives and Canada’s 9th Prime Minister • MacKenzie King and Meighen dominate politics in the 1920’s • They were not fans of each other.

  3. William Lyon Mackenzie King • Liberal • Reformer • Conciliatory • Always looking for the middle path that would offend the least number of people • Gets elected in 1921 • Liberals won 118 seats • Conservatives 48 seats • Progressives won 59 seats • wins 1925 election with a slim minority government > coalition with Progressives

  4. William Lyon Mackenzie King

  5. Arthur Meighen • Conservative • Principles > Compromise • Didn’t care about offending people over his stance on certain issues. • Helped draft Military Service Act > conscription • Authored War Measures Act which allowed Cabinet to govern by decree • 1919, Meighen crushes the Winnipeg General Strike • 1920> recession hit, pitted against wide range of groups (workers, immigrants etc)

  6. Arthur Meighen

  7. King-Byng Affair • 1926: Conservatives accuse Mackenzie King of taking bribes from rumrunners who were smuggling alcohol into the U.S • Liberal Party loses a lot of support and coalition government fails. • King asks Governor General Byng to dissolve parliament and call an election.

  8. King-Byng (Cont.) • Byng refuses and makes Meighen’s conservatives government. • Within days his government is defeated and an election is called • King resigns • 1926> King wins the election and promises to loosen ties with Britain • British appointed governor generals will never again over ride a Canadian Prime Minister

  9. Balfour Report • 1926> meeting of Imperial leaders create a document called the Balfour report that declares that dominions are equal status to the UK • British Commonwealth of Nations • Report made official by the Statue of Westminster

  10. British Commonwealth of Nations

  11. noteworthy events

  12. Inventions and Discoveries • Insulin: Banting and Best develop insulin; 1922 injected a diabetic boy with insulin and he improves immediately • Idea is sold to U of T for $1, they license it and sell it to drug companies to make millions! • Pablum: Fredrick Tisdall, Theodore Drake and Alan Brown develop Pablum; a ready to use cereal for babies • Helps prevent infant mortality

  13. Airplanes and Air Travel • Developed slowly in the 1920’s • 1939 overseas mail is being delivered across Canada by plane • Trans Canada airlines created in 1930s

  14. Automobile • Cars increase greatly in Canada • 407 064 in 1920 to 1,239, 889 1930 • Model T first production car cost $424 • Changes the landscape: roads, gas stations, parking lots etc • Traffic jams, collisions and air pollution become a problem • People drive to work, suburbs crop up • Licences required in 1927

  15. Radio and Telephone • Rotary dials and combined headsets arrive • Long distance networks are created • Rules regarding conversations exist • Radio: Canadian signals are very weak, 40% Canadians only recieve American stations • 1928: William Lyon Mackenzie King creates Royal Commission, found that broadcasting should be publicly owned • Bennet creates CBC in 1932

  16. Class Task • Use this time to research your 1920’s character and get into groups for your presentations. • When picking groups remember to pick people you know will contribute.

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