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Richard Bedford Bennett

 
11th Prime Minister of Canada

August 7, 1930 - October 23, 1935

 

Born

  • July 3, 1870, Hopewell Hill, New Brunswick

Education

  • New Brunswick Provincial Normal School, Fredericton 1886
  • Dalhousie University, LL.B. 1893

Personal Status

  • Bachelor

Professional Life

  • 1886-1888 Teacher, Irishtown, New Brunswick
  • 1888-1890 School principal, Douglastown, New Brunswick
  • Lawyer (called to the New Brunswick bar in 1893)
  • Businessman
  • 1896 Town Councillor of Chatham, New Brunswick
  • 1898-1905 Member of the Assembly of the North West Territories
  • 1909-1911 MLA Alberta
  • 1910-1920 President, Calgary Power Company

Died

  • June 26, 1947, Mickleham, Surrey, England

Buried

Party

  • Conservative
  • 1927-1938 Party Leader

Constituencies

  • 1911-1917 Calgary, Alberta
  • 1925-1939 Calgary West, Alberta

Other Ministries

  • 1921 Justice and Attorney General
  • 1926 Minister Without Portfolio
  • 1926, 1930-1932 Finance and Receiver General
  • 1926 (Acting) Mines, Interior and Superintendent General of Indian Affairs
  • 1930-1935 Secretary of State for External Affairs and President of the Privy Council

Political Record

  • Director-General of National Service 1914-1917
  • The Relief Act 1932
  • Creation of the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (forerunner of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) 1932
  • Creation of the Bank of Canada 1935
  • Creation of the Canadian Wheat Board 1935
  • Leader of the Opposition 1935-1938
  • Member of the House of Lords (United Kingdom) as Viscount Bennett 1941-1947

 
Source:  Government of Canada
   

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