Richard Bedford Bennett

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Born 1870, Died 1947

Born

• July 3, 1870, Hopewell Hill, New Brunswick

Education

• New Brunswick Provincial Normal School, Fredericton, 1886
• Dalhousie University, LL. B. 1893

Personal Life

• Bachelor

Occupations

• 1886 - 1888 Teacher, Irishtown, New Brunswick
• 1888 - 1890 School principal, Douglastown, New Brunswick
• Lawyer (called to the New Brunswick Bar in 1893)
• 1898 - 1905 Member of the Assembly of the North West Territories
• 1909 - 1911 MLA Alberta
• 1910 - 1920 President, Calgary Power Company

Political Party

• Conservative
• 1927 - 1938 Party Leader

Constituencies

• 1911 - 1917 Calgary, Alberta
• 1925 - 1939 Calgary West, Alberta

Other Ministries

• 1921 Justice and Attorney General
• 1926 Minister Without Portfolio
• 1926, 1930 - 1932 Finance and Receiver General
• 1926 (Acting) Mines, Interior, Superintendent General of Indian Affairs
• 1930 - 1935 Secretary of State for External Affairs, President of the Privy Council

Political Record

• Director-General of National Service 1914 - 1917
• The Relief Act 1932
• Creation of the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (forerunner of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) 1932
• Creation of the Bank of Canada 1935
• Creation of the Canadian Wheat Board 1935
• Leader of the Opposition 1935 - 1938
• Member of the House of Lords (United Kingdom) as Viscount Bennett 1941 - 1947

Died

• June 26, 1947, Mickleham, Surrey, England
• Grave site: Village churchyard, Mickleham, Surrey, England
• The only Prime Minister not buried in Canada

Source: Canada's Prime Ministers, 1867-1994. [Ottawa]: National Archives of Canada, c1994. 20 p.