-He was a conservative -He was the Prime Minister from 1930-1935 -Told Canadians he would end unemployment or perish in the attempt -He lost to William Lyon Mackenzie King in 1935 and had to leave Canada and move to England because everyone hated him -In 1930 she became the first

Into this egalitarian world came two Canadians of working-class origins who would permanently etch their influence onto the landscape of the moving picture. They were Mikall Sinnott (Mack Sennett) born in 1884 in Danville, Quebec, to Irish immigrant parents, and Gladys Smith (Mary Pickford), born in 1892 in Toronto.

Jack Carson – Carman, Manitoba. Source: Wikipedia. Carson was one of the most popular character actors during the “golden age of Hollywood”, with a film career spanning the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s.

The queen of Canadian folksingers. Mary Travers-Bolduc, called “La Bolduc,” was the pre-eminent French Canadian singer-songwriter of the 1930s. Born into poverty, Travers had known only hardship until she got her first break in 1929 with the recording “La Cuisinière.”

The following is a generally-understood pantheon of individuals whose fame and popularity has allowed them to achieve status as true “Canadian icons.” See also the chapter on important people from Canadian history for famous Canadian historical figures.