It could be said that no election was built on an issue that divided Canada more than the election of 1917. Canada had changed immensely since 1911. The country had been at war for three years, with hundreds of thousands of Canadian men going...
Many call this the first modern election in Canadian history. After being elected in 1874, the Mackenzie Government began to reshape the election process in Canada. Along with the secret ballot that was extended nationwide, laws were changed so that...