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OCR: PIONEERING CIVIL SERVANT King joined Laurier government and soon became Deputy Minister of Labour He authored ground- breaking legislat tion in the area of competition and industrial disputes When he was elected to Parliament in 1908 he immedia tely became Laurier Minister ofLabour After the defeat of Laurier's government in 1911 he went to work for the Rockefellers in the US, but returned to Canada in 1917 to fight alongside Laurier in the divisive election over conscription thus earning the gratitude of Quebec BIOGRAPHY of 9 legislation Laurie