VI. The World Wars and the Interwar Period, 1914–1945 > D. North America, 1915–1945 > 2. The Dominion of Canada > 1940, March 26
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1940, March 26
 
The Liberal Party won a decided victory in the Canadian elections.  1
 
1941, Dec. 8
 
CANADA DECLARED WAR ON JAPAN. The government soon relocated Japanese Canadians to the interior of British Columbia.  2
 
1942, Nov. 8
 
Canada severed relations with the French Vichy regime on the grounds that there no longer existed in France any government with effective independent existence.  3
 
1945, June 11
 
National elections held a majority for Prime Minister Mackenzie King's Liberal Party, thus endorsing the government's conduct of the war. The Progressive Conservatives came out second, and the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Socialist) third. (See Canada, 1946–2000)  4
 
 
 
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