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R. B. Bennett. 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. Bennett was born in Hopewell Hill, New Brunswick, and grew up nearby in Hopewell Cape.
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).
6 days ago · 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.
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Learn about Richard Bedford Bennett, the wealthy lawyer and businessman who led the Conservative Party and Canada during the Great Depression. Find out how he failed to address the economic crisis, lost the 1935 election and moved to England.
BENNETT, RICHARD BEDFORD, 1st Viscount BENNETT, lawyer, businessman, and politician; b. 3 July 1870 in Hopewell Hill, N.B., eldest of the six children of Henry John Bennett and Henrietta Stiles; d. unmarried during the night of 26–27 June 1947 near Mickleham, England.
Feb 6, 2006 · Learn about R.B. Bennett's failed attempt to revive his Conservative Party and Canada's economy with a series of radio speeches in 1935. Find out how his reforms were influenced by the US New Deal and how they were rejected by the voters and the courts.
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.
