Every year is an important year in the history of Canada but some are more important than others. Perhaps there is an important invention that is made in a given year, or an iconic institution is created, or a notable birth. For Canada, 1874...
For the past 58 years, Canada generally had several years between elections. The shortest time period was between 1872 and 1874 but then 1925 and 1926 came along. Why did these elections come so quickly after each other? Well, it all came down to a...
Four years after Canada was nearly torn apart over the 1917 election and the Conscription Crisis, the next election would roll around the bend. For the first time since 1887, the Liberals were not represented by Sir Wilfrid Laurier, who had died in...
In a 50 year period, from 1896 to 1946, Canada had five prime ministers. There are the well-known ones of Sir Wilfrid Laurier and William Lyon Mackenzie King, the lesser known R.B. Bennett and then, lost in the shuffle, is one name most Canadians...