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Richard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett PC KC (July 3, 1870 – June 26, 1947) was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, philanthropist, and politician who served as the 11th prime minister of Canada from 1930 to 1935.
Feb 21, 2008 · Richard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett of Mickleham, Calgary and Hopewell, businessman, lawyer, politician, philanthropist, prime minister of Canada 7 August 1930 to 23 October 1935 (born 3 July 1870 in Hopewell Hill, NB; died 26 June 1947 in Mickleham, England).
Apr 17, 2024 · Richard Bedford Bennett (born July 3, 1870, Hopewell, New Brunswick, Canada—died June 27, 1947, Mickleham, Surrey, England) was a statesman and prime minister of Canada (1930–35) during the Great Depression.
An out-of-touch millionaire charged with running Canada during the Great Depression, his government was a caricature of the wealthy ruling class at a time when the wealthy ruling class wasn’t exactly held in high regard.
Feb 6, 2006 · In the mid-1930s, at the height of the Great Depression, Prime Minister R.B. Bennett’s political demise seemed inevitable. He sought to reverse the tide running against his Conservative Party. In January 1935, he began a series of live radio speeches outlining a “New Deal” for Canada.
Feb 26, 2021 · Today, I look at Canada’s Great Depression Prime Minister, R.B. Bennett. Bennett was born in Hopewell, New Brunswick on July 3, 1870 and raised in a strictly Conservative family that had little in the way of money.
Richard (R.B.) Bennett was a tough-talking millionaire whom Canadians turned to as a beacon of hope during the first years of the Great Depression. He soon became...
