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R.B. Bennett became prime minister of Canada in 1930. The worst depression of the century was hitting the country, and economic conditions would blunt his prospects as prime minister. ...
http://www.pc.gc.ca/clmhc-hsmbc/pm/Bennett_E.asp
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- The Bennett Richard
Bennett, Richard Bedford, 1870–1947, Canadian prime minister, b. Hopewell, N.B. In 1927 he succeeded Arthur Meighen as leader of the Conservative party; upon the defeat of the Liberals in 1930, he became prime minister. At the imperial conference in ...
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0807038.html
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- A Right Honourable
I propose that any government of which I am the head will at the first session of parliament initiate whatever action is necessary to that end, or perish in the attempt. R.B. Bennett, June 9, 1930, on the elimination of unemployment. ...
http://www3.sympatico.ca/goweezer/canada/bennett.htm
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- The UNB Archives
In 1932, liberal politician Chubby Power quipped that the Prime Minister of Canada exhibits the manners of a Chicago policeman and the temperament of a Hollywood actor. Sixty years later, historian Peter Waite agreed that Richard Bedford Bennett prob ...
http://www.lib.unb.ca/archives/bennett1/bennett.html
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- The R.B. Bennett
The status of the prime minister has been described as primus inter pares: Latin for first among equals. This concept defines not only the prime ministers relationship with Cabinet, but also, in a sense, his or her relationship with the public in our ...
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/2/4/h4-3275-e.html
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