French Canadian Artist from the Montreal region

William Lyon Mackenzie King OM CMG PC (December 17, 1874 – July 22, 1950), commonly known as Mackenzie King or WLMK, was a Canadian statesman and politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Canada for three non-consecutive terms from 1921–1926, 1926–1930 and 1935–1948. A Liberal, he was the dominant politician in Canada during the interwar period from the 1920s through the 1940s. He is best known for his leadership of Canada throughout the Second World War (1939–1945) when he mobilized Canadian money, supplies and volunteers to support Britain while boosting the economy and maintaining morale on the home front. With a total of 21 years and 154 days in office, he remains the longest-serving prime minister in Canadian history. Trained in law and social work, he was keenly interested in the human condition (as a boy, his motto was "Help those that cannot help themselves"), and played a major role in laying the foundations of the Canadian welfare state.

William Lyon Mackenzie King, né le 17 décembre 1874 et mort le 22 juillet 1950, est un homme d'État canadien. Il est premier ministre du Canada du 29 décembre 1921 au 28 juin 1926, du 25 septembre 1926 au 7 août 1930, et du 23 octobre 1935 au 15 novembre 1948. Totalisant plus de 21 ans de mandature, il est l'homme politique qui a le plus longtemps occupé le poste de premier ministre dans l'histoire du Commonwealth.