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Prime Minister:Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King was Canadian’s political liberal leader from the 1920s to the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921, to June 28, 1926. He was the longest-serving Prime Minister in British Commonwealth history. Voters did not love him, because he didn’t give the “five-cent piece” to any province. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
In 1923, Canadians were too afraid that the Chinese would take over their jobs, so they banned most forms of Chinese immigration to Canada. This event is called the Chinese Exclusion Act. Immigration from most countries was controlled or restricted in some way, but only the Chinese were so completely prohibited from immigrating, and discrimination existed in Canada. -
Persons Case
In 1927, Murphy and four other women: Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney and Irene Parlby, launched the "Persons Case," contending that women could be "qualified persons" eligible to sit in the Senate. -
Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday was October 29, 1929, the day the New York Stock Exchange crashed. Lots of people wanted to get rich immediately, so they invested a lot of money in the stock market. But the market crashed and everyone lost everything, this day was called the ‘Black Tuesday’. This event played a big role in Canada’s economic downturn -
Prime Minister: R.B Bennett
Mackenzie King made a speech that the problem of Social Welfare was the responsibility of the provinces. He said that he will not give a "five-cent piece" to anybody who lost their jobs in a province without a Liberal Government hence the name of the speech. This speech was one of the reasons why the Liberals lost the elections to the Conservatives. Prime Minister Richard Bedford Bennett replaced Mackenzie King. -
The Statute of Westminster
The Statute of Westminster 1931 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which established legislative equality for the self-governing dominions of the British Empire and the United Kingdom. Also, this means Canada is bound by no laws other than its own and Canada did agree to remain part of a new Commonwealth of Nations -
On to Ottawa Trek
The On-to-Ottawa Trek was a long journey where thousands of people had unemployed men protesting the dismal conditions in federal relief camps. The men lived and worked in these camps at a rate of twenty cents per day before walking out on strike in April 1935. 1600 strikers headed for Vancouver and hundreds of men boarded boxcars headed east. -
"New Deal"
The economic downturn let lots of Canadian felt angry and unhappy about the government, so Prime Minister R.B made a plan for Canadians. His plan to establish unemployment & social insurance, set minimum wages, limit the hours of work, guarantee the fair treatment of employees, & control prices. He made everyone have fair chances. His plan was called ‘New Deal’.