After the massive win for Louis St. Laurent and the Liberals in 1949, there was hope that the party would once again get a majority when the next election came about. This would be a re-match between St. Laurent and his Progressive Conservative...
When 1949 came along, both of the major parties in Canada were now led by new individuals. The Conservatives had forced John Bracken out of his leadership role in 1948 and in his place was George Drew, the former premier of Ontario who led his...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at Last week, I talked about John Bracken, a former premier who became the Leader of the Progressive Conservatives from 1943 to 1948. Today, we have another premier, George Drew, who served as the...
Donate to Canadian History Ehx at By 1948, Canada was 81 years old and in all that time, it had only one francophone prime minister, Sir Wilfrid Laurier. That would finally change upon the retirement of William Lyon Mackenzie King, who chose Louis...