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Bennett, Richard Bedford
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Dates of existence
1870-1947
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Richard Bedford Bennett was born in Hopewell Hill, NB, on 3 July 1870. He came to Dalhousie at the age of 20, having taught public school for three years. During his studies at law school, he took the role of prime minister in the Dalhousie Mock Parliament (1892), worked at the Weldon Library, and managed the Dalhousie Gazette (1891-1892). He graduated from law school in 1893 and worked as an apprentice lawyer in Chatham, NB, when he moved to Calgary and began his career as a Conservative politician. In 1930 he became the Prime Minister of Canada, defeated in 1935 but staying on as the Conservative party leader until 1938. On retiring from politics he moved to England, where he was made a Viscount and died in 1947. Bennett was instrumental in encouraging Mrs. Jennie Sheriff Eddy to donate money for a women's residence at Dalhousie.
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Dalhousie University. Schulich School of Law (1883-)
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Dates of relationship
1893
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Richard Bedford (R.B.) Bennett graduated from Dalhousie Law School in 1893, and became Prime Minister of Canada in 1930.