Word: bennette
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With 137 seats out of a possible 245 and a clear majority over all political parties, the Conservative party ousted Canadian Liberals from their nine-year roost fortnight ago. Last week stern-jowled Richard Bedford Bennett, Prime Minister-elect, was cock of the Canadian walk. Editors in Britain and the U. S. sat back to analyze the results...
Obvious was the deduction that Canada is wholeheartedly in favor of Bachelor Bennett's program of "Canada First" and high protective tariffs. A further fact which most U. S. editors privately admitted, few printed, is that the average Canadian today is frankly anti-U. S. The Hawley-Smoot tariff, which Canadians interpreted as directly aimed against their chief exports, crystallized feelings. Both parties promised retaliatory measures. The Conservatives' measures were more severe. They got the votes...
Candidates King and Bennett remained at Ottawa to await the returns. Premier King's Cabinet ministers, however, went to their homes to vote, to impress their constituencies. Three considered themselves re-elected according to early vote totaliza-tions?Col. J. L. Ralston (National Defense), M. D. Euler (National Revenue), P. J. A. Cardin (Marine). Three of their colleagues quickly conceded defeat? Cyrus MacMillan (Fisheries), T. A. Crearer (Railways), W. F. Kaye (without portfolio...
...watchers. As they rushed for home they knew that Quebec, normally Liberal, had given Conservatives at least 16 seats, that Conservatives had ten and Liberals one of New Brunswick's eleven seats, that Prince Edward Island voted three Conservatives and one Liberal into office. It appeared certain that Mr. Bennett's Conservatives had given him a majority of Parliament's 245 seats. Mr. King had perhaps 100. The minor parties had negligible counts. The Liberal-Progressives seemingly had broken...
...thrived in the nine-year tenure of the Liberals, might well be satisfied with the retention of that party in power. Any expenditure of capital sums by Canadian National must have authority of an Order in Council or a vote of Parliament. On the other hand Bachelor Richard Bedford Bennett, Conservative leader, was onetime counsel for Canadian Pacific...