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Mackenzie King leads Canada’s delegation to San Francisco, 1945

Louis St. Laurent and Mackenzie King at the United Nations Conference, San Francisco, May 1945 (Nicholas Morant).
Louis St. Laurent and Mackenzie King at the United Nations Conference, San Francisco, May 1945 (Nicholas Morant). StLaurentKing1945 · Nicholas Morant / National Film Board of Canada. Phototheque / Library and Archives Canada / C-022717 · Photo source · Photo licence: Public domain. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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In 1945, Prime Minister Mackenzie King led the Canadian delegation to the United Nations Conference in San Francisco, which ran from April 25 to June 26.

Scope & context

Conference dates do not establish King’s personal travel dates.

Sources behind this record

1
Canada - Visits by Foreign Leaders ↗

U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian

Table row dated April 25–June 26, 1945

2
The San Francisco Conference ↗

United Nations

Conference dates: April 25 to June 26, 1945