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William Lyon Mackenzie King Village or Mackenzie King Village, for short, is the latest residence built in the University of Waterloo in 2001. It was named in honour of Canada’s longest serving Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King (1921–26, 1926–30, 1935–48) who was also the most famous resident in the City of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario.HistoryIt was designed by the architectural firm The Walter Fedy Partnership which was awarded the Structural Design Award in 2010 from the Ontario Masonry Design Awards for the design of Mackenzie King Village. The University of Waterloo held a sod turning ceremony on April 10, 2000 for Mackenzie King Village which was a part of a $25-million project to expand and renew campus accommodation for students. It was built as an extension of the Village housing complex, to support the increasing on-campus housing demand. It is located between Village I and Ron Eydt Village, it is the third village residence located on the main campus. It houses about 320 first-year students. It was the first newly constructed residence at the University of Waterloo in over 30 years which was opened to students in the fall of 2001 although the official opening ceremony took place on June 4, 2002.FacilitiesMackenzie King Village is a suite style student residence with two wings, East and West Wings, each with 4 floors. It has 10 apartment suites on each floor of each wing. Every suite has 4 bedrooms approximately 3.3 m x 2.4 m in size. Each bedroom has a twin sized bed and mattress, a desk, a desk lamp, a chair, a dresser, a closet, a bookshelves and a wastebasket. It also has provisions for ResNet (high speed Internet) connection and it is cable-ready. It also has 2 bathrooms and a common kitchen and living area. The kitchen has a stove and refrigerator in every suite. There are also 3 storage closets one of which has the necessary cleaning amenities and a coat rack.