KING, W.L. MACKENZIE

born Dec. 17, 1874, Berlin, Ont., Can. died July 22, 1950, Kingsmere, Que. Mackenzie King in full William Lyon Mackenzie King prime minister of Canada (192126, 192630, 193548) and leader of the Liberal Party, who helped preserve the unity of the English and French populations of Canada. Additional reading R.M. Dawson, William Lyon Mackenzie King: A Political Biography, 18741923, vol. 1 (1952); H. Blair Neatby, William Lyon Mackenzie King: 19241932, vol. 2, The Lonely Heights (1963); B. Hutchison, The Incredible Canadian (1953); F.A. McGregor, The Fall and Rise of Mackenzie King, 19111919 (1963); J.W. Pickersgill, The Mackenzie King Record, vol. 1 (1960), and with D.F. Forster, vol. 24 (196870).