File 71 - Arrangements for the state funeral of the late Right Honourable William Lyon Mackenzie King, P.C., O.M. : Funeral service, Wednesday July 26, 1950 at Ottawa, Interment, July. 27, 1950 at Toronto. = [Ordonnance des funérailles d'Etat de feu le Très Honorable William Lyon Mackenzie King, C.P., O.M., Service funèbre, mercredi 26 juillet 1950, à Ottawa. Inhumation, jeudi 27 juillet 1950, à Toronto.]

"William Lyon Mackenzie King had a long political career. He was leader of the Liberal Party for 29 eventful years through the buoyant expansion of the 1920s, the depression of the 1930s, the shock of World War II, and then the post-war reconstruction, and for 21 of these years he was Canada’s prime minister. His decisions during this time contributed significantly to the shaping of Canada and to its development as an influential middle power in world affairs. During his lifetime his achievements were sometimes obscured by a style notable for its compromises. After his death his political career was sometimes overshadowed by the revelation of his unsuspected personal idiosyncrasies."