You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at 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...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at William Lyon Mackenzie King served longer than anyone else as Prime Minister of Canada, over 21 years, in various stretches from 1921 to 1948. He was one of Canada’s most influential...
From 1935 to 1940, Canada went through a monumental change. The Great Depression gradually ended, and in its place the deadliest war in world history would begin. By the time the 1940 election came along, the political landscape of Canada had...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at The Conservatives and Prime Minister R.B. Bennett had come into power in 1930 on the promise of fixing the problems created by The Great Depression. Five years later, not only did things seem...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at 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...
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...