This politician won his party's first leadership convention with the help of Ernest Lapointe.
This politician's campaign treasurer was embroiled in the Beauharnois Scandal. This politician won his party's first leadership convention with the help of Ernest Lapointe. Following a debate on Bill 80, this man promised "not necessarily conscription, but conscription if necessary." The threat of the Fansher Amendment over a customs scandal led him to recommend a dissolution of Parliament to Lord (*) Byng of Vimy. This rival of Arthur Meighen triumphed over R.B. Bennett to be elected a second time, and later became his country's first citizen as part of its namesake 1947 Citizenship Act, passed during his third term as Prime Minister. For 10 points, name this Liberal who led Canada as Prime Minister during World War II.
This politician's campaign treasurer was embroiled in the Beauharnois Scandal.
William Lyon Mackenzie King