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Richard Bedford Bennett
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11th Prime Minister of Canada
August 7, 1930 - October 23, 1935
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Born
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- July 3, 1870, Hopewell Hill, New Brunswick
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Education
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- New Brunswick Provincial Normal School, Fredericton 1886
- Dalhousie University, LL.B. 1893
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Personal Status
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Professional Life
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- 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
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Died
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- June 26, 1947, Mickleham, Surrey, England
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Buried
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Party
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- Conservative
- 1927-1938 Party Leader
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Constituencies
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- 1911-1917 Calgary, Alberta
- 1925-1939 Calgary West, Alberta
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Other Ministries
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- 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
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Political Record
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- 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
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Source: Government of Canada |
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