Conscription Crisis of 1944
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The Conscription Crisis of 1944 was a political and military crisis following the introduction of forced military service for men in Canada during World War II. It was similar to the Conscription Cris
William Mackenzie King voting in the plebiscite on the introduction of conscription for overseas military service
The Montreal Daily Star announces the surrender of Germany, May 7, 1945
Maurice Duplessis
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Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis, popularly known as "Le Chef", was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 16th premier of Quebec. A conservative, nationalist, populist, anti-communist, anti-un
Conscription Crisis of 1944
…to conscription". King feared the civil and political unrest that had occurred during World War I, and also hoped to defeat nationalist Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis. Thus when Duplessis called a snap election in September 1939 to seek a mandate to oppose the war, King pledged that same month not to introduce overseas…
Duplessis in 1947
Samuel Genest, president of the Association canadienne-française d'éducation de l'Ontario (1932–33), a Franco-Ontarian advocacy organization, uncle of Maurice Duplessis
Richard-Stanislas Cooke, mayor of Trois-Rivières (1896–98), Liberal MLA for Trois-Rivières, uncle of Maurice Duplessis
William-Pierre Grant, Liberal MLA for Champlain, uncle of Maurice Duplessis