Editing R. B. Bennett (section)

===Internal divisions and defeat===
[[File:Bennett buggy.jpg|thumb|left|A "[[Bennett buggy]]", drawn by a horse because of lack of money to pay for gas]]
Bennett's conversion from small government to big government was seen as too little too late, and he faced criticism that his reforms either went too far, or did not go far enough, including from his minister of trade and commerce, [[Henry Herbert Stevens|H. H. Stevens]], who bolted the government to form the [[Reconstruction Party of Canada]].<ref name="BennettBio" /> By 1934, Bennett was facing major dissent from Conservative quarters and the public.<ref name="BennettCanadianEncyclopedia" /> Car owners, for example, who could no longer afford gasoline, had horses pull their vehicles, which they named "[[Bennett buggy|Bennett buggies]]".<ref>{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Bennett Buggy |url=https://esask.uregina.ca/entry/bennett_buggy.jsp |website=Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan |access-date=20 March 2022}}</ref> To make matters worse, Bennett suffered a heart attack in March 1935.<ref name="BennettCanadianEncyclopedia" />

The beneficiary of the overwhelming opposition during Bennett's tenure was the Liberal Party. The Tories were decimated in the [[1935 Canadian federal election|October 1935 general election]], winning only 40 seats to 173 for Mackenzie King's Liberals. At the time, this was the worst defeat for a governing party at the federal level. The Reconstruction Party won 8.7% of the popular vote as a result of gaining support from disgruntled Conservatives. The Tories would not form a majority government again in Canada until [[1958 Canadian federal election|1958]]. King's government soon implemented its own moderate reforms, including the repeal of relief camps,<ref>{{cite web |title=Relief Camps |url=https://www.cbc.ca/history/EPISCONTENTSE1EP13CH2PA2LE.html |website=CBC |access-date=20 March 2022}}</ref> a [[Reciprocity (Canadian politics)|reciprocal]] trade agreement with the United States,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Masters |first1=D.C. |title=Reciprocity |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/reciprocity |website=Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date=20 March 2022 |date=12 August 2013}}</ref> and the repeal of Section 98.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Molinaro |first1=Dennis |title=Section 98 Criminal Code |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/section-98-criminal-code |website=Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date=20 March 2022 |date=23 October 2011}}</ref> Ultimately, Canada pulled out of the depression as a result of government-funded jobs associated with the preparation for and onset of the [[World War II|Second World War]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/>