Prime Minister R.B. Bennett came to power by promising to aggressively fight the Great Depression. The Canadian public gave him the full blame for the failure of his promises and the misery of the Depression and tossed him from power in 1935.
Prime Minister R.B. Bennett
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R.B. Bennett, Prime Minister of Canada
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