In Germany, King was given a tour of the orderly splendour of the Third Reich, viewing its dramatic architecture and the thousands of Hitler Youth on parade. King recorded his mee ...

William Lyon Mackenzie King (who had been the Liberal prime minister since 1921) decided that his government would seek re-election on Oct. 29, 1925. He felt he had no choice. The rumbling inside the ...

One evening in 1900, a round-faced young Canadian named William Lyon Mackenzie King walked alone on the Palatine hill in Rome. He was threshing out a personal problem. A graduate in arts, law, ...

Australia’s Prime Minister John Curtin (and Mrs. Curtin) paid a duty visit to Canada last week. Prime Minister Mackenzie King happily showed the Curtins the sights of Ottawa. The visiting Prime ...

Allan Levine is a historian and the author of King: William Lyon Mackenzie King: A Life Guided by the Hand of Destiny. His most recent book is The Dollar-A-Year Men: How the Best Business Brains in ...

This anecdotal account of the late prime minister's career throws little light on the major issues of recent Canadian history. Loading... Please enable JavaScript for ...