William Lyon Mackenzie King, twice former Prime Minister of Canada, was a brilliant tactician, was passionately committed to Canadian unity, and was a protector of the underdog, introducing such cornerstones of Canada's social safety net as unemployment insurance, family allowan…
"The first biography in a generation of Canada's most eccentric and most important prime minister - Mackenzie King - and his defining influence on our 20th century"--Pub. website.
A biography of Canada's longest-serving prime minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King.
William Lyon Mackenzie King, twice former Prime Minister of Canada, was a brilliant tactician, was passionately committed to Canadian unity, and was a protector of the underdog, introducing such cornerstones of Canada's social safety net as unemployment insurance, family allowan…
William Lyon Mackenzie King, twice former Prime Minister of Canada, was a brilliant tactician, was passionately committed to Canadian unity, and was a protector of the underdog, introducing such cornerstones of Canada's social safety net as unemployment insurance, family allowan…
"The first biography in a generation of Canada's most eccentric and most important prime minister - Mackenzie King - and his defining influence on our 20th century"--Pub. website.
"This study provides a meeting ground for a number of interlocking themes. In analysing Mackenzie King's treatment of the Prairies, Wardhaugh provides a comprehensive view of the process of western alienation, at the same time clarifying the differing political interests of Albe…
It is usually assumed that the decline of the Liberal party on the Canadian prairies began in 1957, following the electoral triumph of the 'beloved prairie son,' John Diefenbaker, and the Progressive Conservatives. According to Robert Wardhaugh, however, the disintegration of Li…
"This study provides a meeting ground for a number of interlocking themes. In analysing Mackenzie King's treatment of the Prairies, Wardhaugh provides a comprehensive view of the process of western alienation, at the same time clarifying the differing political interests of Albe…
"This study provides a meeting ground for a number of interlocking themes. In analysing Mackenzie King's treatment of the Prairies, Wardhaugh provides a comprehensive view of the process of western alienation, at the same time clarifying the differing political interests of Albe…
This is a long-overdue study of one of Canada's most improtant political relationships. Highly readable and engaging, this work details the relationship between Quebec lieutenant Ernest Lapointe, and Prime Minister Mackenzie King, showing how the close association of the two aff…