Ideologies / Labour Liberal / W. L. Mackenzie King
§ The minds · 1874–1950 · Canada · Prime Minister
W. L. Mackenzie King
Labour and capital, reconciled
Canada's cautious welfare-builder.
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Canada's longest-serving PM, an industrial-relations expert who reconciled labour and capital and built the foundations of the Canadian welfare state.
social
Centrist, conciliatory, conventionally moral in public life.
economic
Introduced pensions and unemployment insurance within a market economy.
governance
A consummate, cautious parliamentary manager.
Notable for
- Old-age pensions & unemployment insurance
- 'Industry and Humanity'
- Longest-serving Canadian PM
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