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Ephemera from the state funeral of William Lyon Mackenzie King.

Ephemera belonging to Arthur King and relating to the funeral of William Lyon Mackenzie King, former Prime Minister of Canada. Includes two invitations for Arthur King and his wife Kathleen King to attend the state funeral to be held in Ottawa, Wednesday, July 26, 1950, a card allocating places on the special train from Ottawa to Toronto, and places in a car from Union Station to the cemetery, as well as two luggage tags for the special train. Also includes pre-printed thank you cards.

King, William Lyon Mackenzie

Report of Inaugural Assembly.

Issue of the “Report of inaugural assembly (Ottawa, March 19th, 1930) : citizenship and politics by Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King, M.P., Prime Minister of Canada. Hints on organization” issued by the Twentieth Century Liberal Association of Canada (March 19, 1930).
The Twentieth Century Liberal Association of Canada was created by Liberal Canadians born in the 20th Century. The Association’s inaugural banquet and assembly took place on March 19, 1930, with the participation of Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King.

King, William Lyon Mackenzie

Publications issued by the National Liberal Organization Committee.

Publications issued by the National Liberal Organization Committee, created in 1917. Titles of publications are:

  • “A handbook for liberal workers : a short summary of the Dominion Elections Act, 1920, as amended in 1921, together with some hints on organization,” publication No. 6, issued in September 1921
  • “Cost of living and government responsibility,” publication No. 14, issued in October 1921
  • “The soldiers and the franchise,” publication No. 17, issued in October 1921

King, William Lyon Mackenzie

Dinner menus and programs.

Dinner menus and programs of events hosted by Prime Minister Right Honourable William Lyon Mackenzie King. Includes:

  • A dinner given in honour of Colonel John Gilman Foster, Consul General of the United States of America, on June 7, 1927
  • A dinner given in honour of the delegates of the Empire Parliamentary Association on their visit to Canada, on August 29, 1928
  • A dinner given in honour of the Rt. Hon. James Ramsay MacDonald, P.C., LL.D., M.P., on September 8, 1928.

King, William Lyon Mackenzie

Booklets issued by the National Liberal Federation.

Booklets issued by the National Liberal Federation. Includes:

  • One copy of “Mackenzie King and the wage earner, an article by William Henry Moore, reprinted from Public Life” (1935)
  • Two copies of “Mackenzie King the obstinate idealist, an article by William Henry Moore, reprinted from Public Life” (1935). One of the copies contains a stamp that reads: “Egerton Lovering, Liberal Candidate Eglinton Riding.”

King, William Lyon Mackenzie

Leaflets issued by the National Liberal Federation of Canada.

Leaflets issued by the National Liberal Federation of Canada, probably created in 1935. Some of the leaflets include extracts of speeches and/or reports by Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King. Titles of the leaflets are:

  • “Unemployment : Liberalism offers the basic solution,” leaflet No. 3.
  • “The Liberal Party’s position on some immediate problems,” leaflet No. 3a.
  • “Liberalism and railways : the railway problem in its true light,” leaflet No. 5.
  • "The Central Bank : where Liberalism stands as against the other political parties,” leaflet No. 6.

King, William Lyon Mackenzie

Vote Liberal leaflets.

Political leaflets and handbills issued by several national associations across Canada, possibly preparing for the 1940 Canadian Federal Election.
Includes:

  • Material issued by the Saskatchewan Liberal Association with title “National Defence”
  • Materials issued by the Twentieth Century Liberal Association of Canada titled “Liberal Youth in Action.”
  • Handbills issued by the National Liberal Federation titled:
    • “Clothing for the troops,” handbill No. 4.
    • “Canada foes to war,” handbill No. 5 .
    • “The belated discovery,” handbill No. 8.
    • “Dependents’ Allowances,” handbill No. 10.
  • Leaflets issued by the National Liberal Federation titled:
    • “Butter hits back,” leaflet No. 11.
    • “Lower taxes,” leaflet No. 14.
    • “Trade!” leaflet No. 15.
    • “Work!” leaflet No. 17.
    • “Balanced budgets,” leaflet No. 18, two copies.
    • “Railways,” leaflet No. 19.
    • “Dictatorship of freedom?” leaflet No. 20.
    • “Poverty or plenty-which?” leaflet No. 21.
    • “Reform,” leaflet No. 22.
    • “Lower tariffs,” leaflet No. 24.
    • “Why I am going to vote Liberal,” leaflet No. 25.
    • “Empire trade should mean world trade,” leaflet No. 26.
    • “What has Stevens done?” leaflet No. 27.

Some of the leaflets include stamps reading: “Vote Liberal,” “Vote for the Mackenzie King Candidate,” “Vote Fred Hoblitzell,” and “Egerton Lovering barrister, Liberal candidate Eglinton riding.” Contains bulletin “The reconstruction party,” issued in 1935.

King, William Lyon Mackenzie