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The Founding College of the University of Toronto
William Lyon MacKenzie King

William Lyon MacKenzie King

BA 1895 UC - 2012 Award Recipient

MacKenzie King was the 10th prime minister of Canada. He was in office for a total of 22 years, making him the nation’s longest-serving prime minister. The only prime minister to hold a PhD, he presided over sweeping changes to domestic policy and was named the greatest Canadian prime minister by a survey of national historians.