Mackenzie King and the Prairie West
It is usually assumed that the decline of the Liberal party on the Canadian prairies began in 1957, following the electoral triumph of the ''beloved prairie son,'' John Diefenbaker, and the Progressive Conservatives. According to Robert Wardhaugh, however, the disintegration of Liberal fortunes in the prairie west began much earlier, during the tumultuous era of William Lyon Mackenzie King.
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It is usually assumed that the decline of the Liberal party on the Canadian prairies began in 1957, following the electoral triumph of the ''beloved prairie son,'' John Diefenbaker, and the Progressive Conservatives. According to Robert Wardhaugh, however, the disintegration of Liberal fortunes in the prairie west began much earlier, during the tumultuous era of William Lyon Mackenzie King.
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