The Right Honourable Ian Alistair Mackenzie (July 27 1890 - September 2 1949) was a Canada parliamentarian. Mackenzie entered politics by winning a seat in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (BC) in the British Columbia general election, 1920. In 1930, he was appointed to Prime Minister of Canada William Lyon Mackenzie King's pre-election Canadian Cabinet as Minister of Immigration and Colonization and Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (Canada). While he won his seat in the Canadian federal election, 1930 the Liberal Party of Canada was defeated across the country. Mackenzie entered Parliament as an parliamentary opposition Member of Parliament (MP). When the Liberals returned to power through the Canadian federal election, 1935, Mackenzie returned to Cabinet as Minister of National Defence (Canada) where he had the responsibility for pre-war rearmament. With the outbreak of World War II in 1939, however, Mackenzie was moved to the position of Minister of Pensions and National Health, in part because of his role in a scandal involving the awarding of a contract to manufacture the Bren Gun. In 1944, he became Minister of Veterans Affairs (Canada). Mackenzie was an able parliamentarian, and when the increasing pressures of war led Prime Minister King to decide to delegate some of his responsibilities in the House of Commons to the new position of Government House Leader, he chose Mackenzie as the first MP to hold that responsibility. During the war, Mackenzie pandered to anti-Japanese sentiment in British Columbia by declaring to his constituents at his 1944 nomination meeting "Let our slogan be for British Columbia: 'No Japs from the Rockies to the seas.'" As British Columbia's senior cabinet minister Mackenzie had had a key role in the government's decision to intern Japanese-Canadians for the duration of the war. In 1947, Mackenzie was named to the Imperial Privy Council along with several other senior Canadian cabinet ministers, allowing him to use the honorific of "Right Honourable". In 1948, he was appointed to the Canadian Senate. He served only a year and a half until his death in 1949. 1890 births 1949 deaths Historical Members of the Canadian House of Commons British Columbia MLAs Canadian senators
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The Right Honourable Ian Alistair Mackenzie (July 27 1890 - September 2 1949) was a Canada parliamentarian. Mackenzie entered politics by winning a seat in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (BC) in the British Columbia general election, 1920. In 1930, he was appointed to Prime Minister of Canada William Lyon Mackenzie King's pre-election Canadian Cabinet as Minister of Immigration and Colonization and Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (Canada). While he won his seat in the Canadian federal election, 1930 the Liberal Party of Canada was defeated across the country. Mackenzie entered Parliament as an parliamentary opposition Member of Parliament (MP). When the Liberals returned to power through the Canadian federal election, 1935, Mackenzie returned to Cabinet as Minister of National Defence (Canada) where he had the responsibility for pre-war rearmament. With the outbreak of World War II in 1939, however, Mackenzie was moved to the position of Minister of Pensions and National Health, in part because of his role in a scandal involving the awarding of a contract to manufacture the Bren Gun. In 1944, he became Minister of Veterans Affairs (Canada). Mackenzie was an able parliamentarian, and when the increasing pressures of war led Prime Minister King to decide to delegate some of his responsibilities in the House of Commons to the new position of Government House Leader, he chose Mackenzie as the first MP to hold that responsibility. During the war, Mackenzie pandered to anti-Japanese sentiment in British Columbia by declaring to his constituents at his 1944 nomination meeting "Let our slogan be for British Columbia: 'No Japs from the Rockies to the seas.'" As British Columbia's senior cabinet minister Mackenzie had had a key role in the government's decision to intern Japanese-Canadians for the duration of the war. In 1947, Mackenzie was named to the Imperial Privy Council along with several other senior Canadian cabinet ministers, allowing him to use the honorific of "Right Honourable". In 1948, he was appointed to the Canadian Senate. He served only a year and a half until his death in 1949. 1890 births 1949 deaths Historical Members of the Canadian House of Commons British Columbia MLAs Canadian senators
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