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William Lyon Mackenzie King

1874 - 1950

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William Lyon Mackenzie King (December 17, 1874 – July 22, 1950) was the prime minister of Canada for three non-consecutive terms from 1921 to 1926, 1926 to 1930, and 1935 to 1948. A Liberal, he was the dominant politician in Canada from the early 1920s to the late 1940s. With a total of 21 years and 154 days in office, he remains the longest-serving prime minister in Canadian history. King studied law and political economy in the 1890s and later obtained a PhD, the first Canadian prime minister to have done so. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Lyon Mackenzie King is the 8,278th most popular politician (down from 8,162nd in 2019), the 143rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 125th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Canadian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Lyon Mackenzie King ranks 8,278 out of 19,576. Before him are García Sánchez II of Pamplona, Ismail I of Granada, Achille Varzi, Jungcheon of Goguryeo, Slimane of Morocco, and William, Prince of Hohenzollern. After him are Malik Ghulam Muhammad, Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons, Thoros of Edessa, Jaswant Singh, Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres, and Octar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, William Lyon Mackenzie King ranks 74. Before him are Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, István Bethlen, Carl Schlechter, Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Elsa Beskow, and Mary Ann Bevan. After him are Isaac Carasso, Avgustyn Voloshyn, Nicola Canali, Paul Wegener, Lewis Hine, and Max Dvořák. Among people deceased in 1950, William Lyon Mackenzie King ranks 69. Before him are Adam Rainer, Walter Huston, Henry H. Arnold, Agnes Smedley, Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, and Arturo Alessandri. After him are Kazys Grinius, Yvan Goll, Peter Fraser, Nikolai Voznesensky, Hantaro Nagaoka, and Walter Eucken.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, William Lyon Mackenzie King ranks 143 out of 1,622. Before him are William Osler (1849), Louis Riel (1844), Ryan Gosling (1980), Rachel McAdams (1978), Stephen Harper (1959), and Paul Martin (1938). After him are Robin Sharma (1965), Denys Arcand (1941), Brian Tracy (1944), Antonine Maillet (1929), Napoleon Sarony (1821), and Nancy Greene Raine (1943).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, William Lyon Mackenzie King ranks 17. Before him are Jean Chrétien (1934), Bonar Law (1858), Tommy Burns (1881), Louis Riel (1844), Stephen Harper (1959), and Paul Martin (1938). After him are Nancy Greene Raine (1943), Brian Mulroney (1939), Wilfrid Laurier (1841), Kim Campbell (1947), Vincent Massey (1887), and Pierre Poilievre (1979).

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