William Lyon Mackenzie
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William Lyon Mackenzie was a Scottish-born Canadian-American journalist and politician. He founded newspapers critical of the Family Compact, a term used to identify the establishment of Upper Canada.
Mackenzie c. 1851–61
A portrait of Isabel Mackenzie (née Baxter), Mackenzie's wife, painted in 1850
John George Howard's painting of the third Parliament Building in York, built between 1829 and 1832 at Front Street
Emanuel Hahn's "Mackenzie Panels" (1938) in the garden of Mackenzie House in Toronto. The panels are dedicated to Reformers who argued for responsible government in Upper Canada.
William Lyon Mackenzie King
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William Lyon Mackenzie King was the tenth prime minister of Canada for three non-consecutive terms from 1921 to 1926, 1926 to 1930, and 1935 to 1948. A Liberal, he was the dominant politician in Canad
William Lyon Mackenzie
…couple wed in Montreal on July 1, 1822, and they had thirteen children. Their daughter Isabel Grace Mackenzie was the mother of Canadian prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. The partnership between the Lesslies and Mackenzie ended in 1823. Mackenzie moved in 1824 to Queenston, a town near Niagara Falls, to open a new general…
King in 1942
King in 1899
Wearing court uniform as minister of labour in 1910
King standing behind former prime minister Wilfrid Laurier, 1912