The Past Speaks

Mackenzie King (2nd row, 4th from right) during a visit to China, 1909

This photo shows future Prime Minister Mackenzie King meeting with Chinese officials in Beijing’s Forbidden City in 1909. King was then Minister of Labour in the government of Wilfrid Laurier. China’s Qing dynasty would be overthrown in a revolution in 1911. In Canada, the Liberals were defeated by the Conservatives in that same year.

This image is in the public domain and is from Library and Archives Canada.