Ottawa, Mar. 6.
Mr. R. B. Bennett, the Canadian Conservative Leader, has asked the National Conservative Conference to relieve him of the leadership of the Party owing to ill-health. He adds, however, that he is prepared to continue until the forthcoming National Convention of the Party.
A big, bluff, forceful man, Mr. Bennett achieved his highest ambition when he was elected Prime Minister of Canada in 1930 at the age of 60.
He held this office until the General Election of October, 1935, which resulted in a disastrous landslide for the Conservative party, whose candidates won barely a third of the number of seats that they had held in the former House, though Mr. Bennett himself was returned Reuter.
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