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A lawyer by training, Power entered politics in the 1917 Federal Election . He was elected as a " Laurier Liberal " during the Conscription Crisis Of 1917 . In 1935, Power was appointed minister of pensions and health in the Liberal Cabinet of William Lyon Mackenzie King . During World War II , he served as minister of national defence for air, and was responsible for expanding the Royal Canadian Air Force . His opposition to Conscription led him to resign from Cabinet during the Conscription Crisis Of 1944 . Power ran to succeed King in the 1948 Liberal Leadership Convention , but came a poor third. Charles Power retired from the House Of Commons in 1957 . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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