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William Lyon Mackenzie King

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The Resume

    (December 17, 1874-July 22, 1950)
    Tenth Prime Minister of Canada (1921-1926, 1926-1930, 1935-1948)
    Leader of Canada during World War II

Why he might be annoying:

    His first term ended with a bribery scandal.
    He tried to get the Governor General to dissolve Parliament, and he refused, one of the few times a Governor General has refused a Prime Minister.
    He met with Hermann Göring and Adolf Hitler before World War II started in order to avoid war, and came to the conclusion that Hitler was a 'reasonable man' working to improve his country during the Great Depression.
    He wrote in his diary that Hitler 'might come to be thought of as one of the saviors of the world.'
    He told a Jewish delegation, 'Kristallnacht might turn out to be a blessing.'
    When Germany invaded Poland, he did not declare war right away with Great Britain, and waited until September just to assert his independence.
    He promised that there would be no mandatory conscription of males, but eventually he did so anyway.
    He firmly believed in the psychic power of crystal balls and would rarely make an important political decision without consulting one.
    He would consult the spirits of Leonardo da Vinci, Louis Pasteur, his dead mother and his dog.
    He would never marry, but he had a prolonged affair with a married woman.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He held five university degrees.
    He created the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (1936).
    He created Trans-Canada Airlines, a prerequisite to Air Canada (1937).
    He helped pass through many social programs to help Canada out of the depression.
    He supported the Allied cause during World War II with needed Canadian troops.
    He helped found and support the United Nations.
    He served 22 years as the freely elected leader of Canada, the longest combined time in a Prime Minister position in British Commonwealth history.

Credit: Captain Howdy


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 303 Votes: 46.86% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 19 Votes: 73.68% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 47 Votes: 38.30% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 42 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 157 Votes: 45.22% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 161 Votes: 73.91% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 175 Votes: 66.86% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 126 Votes: 52.38% Annoying