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| death_place = Kelowna, British Columbia | party = BC Conservative (1937–1951) Social Credit (1951–1978) | spouse = May Bennett | religion = United Church |}} William Andrew Cecil Bennett, PC, OC (September 6, 1900February 23, 1979) was the 25th Premier of the Canadian province of British Columbia. With just over 20 years in office, Bennett was and remains the longest-serving premier in British Columbia history. He was usually referred to as W.A.C. Bennett, although some referred to him either affectionately or mockingly as "Wacky" Bennett. To his close friends, he was known as "Cece". ==Early and family life== Bennett was born in Hastings, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada, one of five children born to Andrew Havelock Bennett and Mary Emma Burns.〔(UELAC.org )〕 His father was a third cousin of Richard Bedford Bennett, eleventh Prime Minister of Canada. He left formal school in grade nine, during the First World War, to take a job in a hardware store, but would pursue correspondence courses as an adult to improve his knowledge and job potential.〔''Bowering's B.C.: A Swashbuckling History'', by George Bowering, Toronto 1996, Penguin Canada, ISBN 978-0-14-024040-5, pp. 299-300.〕 He joined the Air Force but the war ended before he saw active duty.〔 At the age of 18, he and his family moved to Edmonton, Alberta and then to Westlock, Alberta, where Bennett's father operated a hardware store. In 1927 Bennett married Annie Elizabeth May Richards, known as "May".〔 In 1930 they moved to Victoria and then Kelowna with their two children, Anita and R.J.〔(Sunnyokanagan.com )〕 A third child, William ("Bill") was born in 1932. In Kelowna he joined the local Gyro Club, Masonic Lodge, the Kelowna Club, and was active in the United Church of Canada.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「W. A. C. Bennett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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