1929–1939

Great Depression

Economic devastation drove politicians to seek radical new solutions - including starting new parties.

Unemployment reached 27%. Established parties seemed helpless. New movements like Social Credit and the CCF emerged.

Editorial groupings by period. The events shown for an era are those whose recorded date falls inside its years — and most of them are dated only to a year, so an era boundary that falls mid-year cannot be applied precisely. The coverage report counts the year-only records against the total, live.