Canada: THE PRIME MINISTRY: New Champion

As a long-distance runner in Canadian politics, William Lyon Mackenzie King had already broken all endurance records as Prime Minister of Canada. (Previous champion: Sir John A. Macdonald, 19 years.) Last week, he passed an Empire milestone. By completing 7,620 days (20 years, 10 months and 10 days) in office, Mackenzie King toppled the mark set by Robert Walpole for service as the King's First Minister (1721-42).

Mackenzie King had set his heart on breaking Walpole's record. When the great day came, no one knew exactly what to say. There had been so many landmarks to note in his long...

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