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William Duncan Herridge

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William Duncan Herridge, (September 18, 1887 – September 21, 1961) was a Canadian politician and diplomat. [1]

34 relations: Battlefield promotion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Canadian federal election, 1930, Canadian federal election, 1935, Canadian federal election, 1940, Canadians, Distinguished Service Order, Electoral district (Canada), Envoy (title), Franklin D. Roosevelt, Governor General of Canada, Great Depression, House of Commons of Canada, Jeremiah, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, Kappa Alpha Society, Kindersley, King–Byng affair, Legislature, Liberal Party of Canada, Major, Member of parliament, Military Cross, Monetary reform, New Deal, New Democracy (Canada), Osgoode Hall Law School, Presbyterian Church in Canada, Reactionary, Social Credit Party of Canada, United States, University of Toronto, Washington, D.C., World War I.

Battlefield promotion

A battlefield promotion (or field promotion) is an advancement in military rank that occurs while deployed in combat.

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Canadian Expeditionary Force

The Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) was the designation of the field force created by Canada for service overseas in the First World War.

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Canadian federal election, 1930

The Canadian federal election of 1930 was held on July 28, 1930, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 17th Parliament of Canada.

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Canadian federal election, 1935

The Canadian federal election of 1935 was held on October 14, 1935 to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 18th Parliament of Canada.

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Canadian federal election, 1940

The Canadian federal election of 1940 was the 19th general election in Canadian history.

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Canadians

Canadians (Canadiens / Canadiennes) are people identified with the country of Canada.

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Distinguished Service Order

The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the Commonwealth of Nations, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.

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Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a "constituency" or a "riding", is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based.

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Envoy (title)

In diplomacy, an envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, in short an envoy, is, under the terms of the Congress of Vienna of 1815, a diplomat of the second class, ranking between an Ambassador and a Minister Resident.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Sr. (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

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Governor General of Canada

The Governor General of Canada (Gouverneure générale du Canada) is the federal viceregal representative of the.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.

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House of Commons of Canada

The House of Commons of Canada (Chambre des communes du Canada) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate.

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Jeremiah

Jeremiah (יִרְמְיָהוּ, Modern:, Tiberian:; Ἰερεμίας; إرميا meaning "Yah Exalts"), also called the "Weeping prophet", was one of the major prophets of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament).

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Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy

Field Marshal Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, (11 September 1862 – 6 June 1935) was a British Army officer who served as Governor General of Canada, the 12th since Canadian Confederation.

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Kappa Alpha Society

The Kappa Alpha Society (ΚΑ), founded in 1825, was the progenitor of the modern fraternity system in North America.

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Kindersley

Kindersley is a town surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Kindersley No. 290 in west-central Saskatchewan, Canada.

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King–Byng affair

The King–Byng affair was a Canadian constitutional crisis that occurred in 1926, when the Governor General of Canada, the Lord Byng of Vimy, refused a request by his prime minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King, to dissolve parliament and call a general election.

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Legislature

A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city.

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Liberal Party of Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada (Parti libéral du Canada), colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federal political party in Canada.

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Major

Major is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.

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Military Cross

The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and used to be awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries.

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Monetary reform

Monetary reform is any movement or theory that proposes a system of supplying money and financing the economy that is different from the current system.

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New Deal

The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms and regulations enacted in the United States 1933-36, in response to the Great Depression.

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New Democracy (Canada)

New Democracy (French: Nouvelle démocratie) was a political party in Canada founded by William Duncan Herridge in 1939.

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Osgoode Hall Law School

Osgoode Hall Law School, commonly shortened to Osgoode, is the law school of York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Presbyterian Church in Canada

The Presbyterian Church in Canada is a Presbyterian denomination, serving in Canada under this name since 1875.

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Reactionary

A reactionary is a person who holds political views that favor a return to the status quo ante, the previous political state of society, which they believe possessed characteristics (discipline, respect for authority, etc.) that are negatively absent from the contemporary status quo of a society.

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Social Credit Party of Canada

The Social Credit Party of Canada (Parti Crédit social du Canada), colloquially known as the Socreds, was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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University of Toronto

The University of Toronto (U of T, UToronto, or Toronto) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the grounds that surround Queen's Park.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Duncan_Herridge

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