How Is Mackenzie King A Political Powerhouse

Mackenzie King: A Political Powerhouse
In a town residing in Ontario, a small boy sat beside his mother, wide-eyed, dreaming, as all children do, but not of some otherworldly fantasy but of making the world a better place, of making his mother proud. William Lyon Mackenzie King was a driven man, he strived to help his fellow man whenever he could. It is said he often walked through the slums of his city and thought about how tough their lives must be. He grew fascinated in this; one of his first jobs was working as a negotiator, settling disputes between honest working people and the government, leading directly to his astounding ability to negotiate. After finding his calling within politics, and after being elected as a Member of Parliament
As a young man King gave his time and effort to making people's lives better, giving up what he could so that others could live a happier life. In a point in his life he regularly visited patients at the Hospital for Sick Children, where he would show support and comfort them. Furthermore him taking his time to visit these children not only shows us his kind heart, but also his boundless desire to improve the world around him. Although, a better look into King’s life may perhaps not be seen through his spectacular acts, but rather the more average. Throughout much of King’s life, he participated in a men's reading club in a working class district in Toronto, conversing and befriending lower class citizens. This was surprising as King was a well educated, quite wealthy man, and albeit small, was an important fact as it shows us much about his internal beliefs. Above all else though King gave up his time to better serve his country. In his whole life he never had a family or even a wife, he was essentially married to his job. This allowed him to work immensely harder than anyone else resulting in his outstanding work ethic. These parts of King’s life are commonly overshadowed by his political feats, but they are just as crucial as they define who he is, and the drive behind
At the end of the day though, when it came down to it, people voted for him, and that is because he knew what people wanted, and he tried his best to give it to them. We see the beginnings of this before he even gets into power, in his time working as an industrial consultant for the Rockefeller Foundation. During this time, the foundation was dealing with a mining strike in Colorado and with the help of King were able to appease the miners and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. himself by creating the Rockefeller plan which improved the safety of miners and allowed them to form a company union. Despite King working under the organization, he participated heavily in the making of the plan itself and contributed many important ideas. This is a primary example of his early genius and his ability to negotiate. Another example of his excellent negotiatory skills is shown in the 1939 election, In which he promises not to enable overseas conscription, a controversial topic at the time. This was also a major factor which contributed to his victory over Maurice Duplessis's Union Nationale. Furthermore, it was critical because it established a middle ground between the French and English’s conflicting opinions on the topic by allowing those who wanted to go overseas to do so, but also being allowed to conscript people for