Mackenzie King Reaffirms Ban
When William Lyon Mackenzie King returned to power in 1935, he ignored the precedent set by Bennett's government, and resumed the former policy. The no-honours policy of successive Canadian governments has been in effect ever since. However, no attempt was made to forbid the use of the titular honours by those who had been granted them by the King at Bennett's recommendation.
In 1938 Bennett moved to England, and in 1941 he was elevated to the British House of Lords, as the first "Viscount Bennett, of Mickleham in the County of Surrey and of Hopewell and Calgary in the Dominion of Canada". This was a reflection of British policy at the time of conferring viscountcies on retired dominion prime ministers, if recommended. Retiring British prime ministers were normally offered earldoms.
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