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BENNETT, The Right Hon. Richard Bedford, P.C., K.C., K.G.St.J., LL.B.
Picture of BENNETT, The Right Hon. Richard Bedford, P.C., K.C., K.G.St.J., LL.B.
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Source: Library and Archives Canada, C 000687
Date of Birth (yyyy.mm.dd): 1870.07.03
Place of Birth: Hopewell, New Brunswick, Canada
Deceased Date (yyyy.mm.dd): 1947.06.26 (76 years old)
Profession | Occupation: Barrister, lawyer, teacher
Party Leader:
Additional information ^ Biographical information
Cause of Death: heart failure
Place of Burial: Village Churchyard, Mickleham, Surrey, England
^ Heritage Information
Plaques, Statues, etc.:
  • Calgary, Alberta
  • Court House of the Albert County Museum, Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick
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    Places, Buildings, etc.
    Named After Prime Minister:     Bennett. Railway station west of Langdon, Alberta. Canadian Pacific Railway officials named the station in 1911 to honour its then legal advisor, Richard Bedford Bennett, who later became the Prime Minister of Canada.
    Other Information: First Among Equals -- The Prime Minister in Canadian Life and Politics
    (Library and Archives Canada)
    Details of Interest
  • First Canadian PM to be a member of the House of Lords
  • Created Viscount Bennett of Mickleham, Calgary and Hopewell June 12, 1941
  • While he was PM of Canada, he lived in a special suite in the Chateau Laurier Hotel, in Ottawa
  • The only former prime minister buried outside Canada
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