The Mackenzie King Diaries

Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King left a legacy like no other - 30,000 pages of his personal diaries. The Library and Archives of Canada have digitized the Mackenzie King Diaries and you can browse and search through them online. The diaries provide a rare insight into the private life of a Canadian prime minister. While Mackenzie King was mild-mannered and bland in public, in his diaries he showed his more exotic private personality. He believed in an afterlife, communicated with his dead relatives in seances, and was extremely superstitious. The diaries also provide a valuable first-hand political and social history of Canada spanning more than 50 years.

Photo: Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada
Library and Archives Canada / C-000387

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