The Roaring 20s

 High unemployment throughout the nation as factories switched from war time to peace time production  Canadians began to identify more with Americans than with Britain – Britain was identified with WW I that Canadians wanted to forget and get on with their lives

 First Nations Peoples had their cultural and traditional identity attacked by the policies of the Federal Government  Crowfoot – a Canadian “Indian” in the 1920s

 Women were not considered equal to men for employment opportunities  Women’s fashions began to reflect some new freedoms

 New machines changed the daily lives of all Canadians  New inventions and gadgets made housework easier and less time consuming  People had more leisure time for entertainment and fun

Arthur Meighen Conservative Party William Lyon Mackenzie King Liberal Party

Thomas A. Crerar Leader of the Progressive Party The Progressive Party stands second in 1921

 Agnes Macphail was the first woman to be elected to the House of Commons in 1921 as a member of the New Progressive Party.  She would later become a member of Alberta’s Famous Five.

Minority GovernmentMajority Government  The political party in control of the government has less than 50% of the seats in the House of Commons  The governing party must make an alliance with another party to do business effectively.  A vote of non-confidence by the combined opposition parties means the governing party must resign and call an election.  The political party in control of the government has more than 50% of the seats in the House of Commons.  The governing party can do business without the support of the opposition parties

 The Progressive Conservative Government of run by Prime Minister Harper is a minority government.  Prime Minister King’s 1921 government was a minority government.