Sir John George Bourinot, Victorian Canadian : his life, times, and legacy / Margaret A. Banks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Banks, Margaret A., 1928-2010.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bourinot, John George, 1837-1902.

Bourinot, John George.

Canada. Parliament--Officials and employees--Biography.

Canada.

Intellectuals--Canada--Biography.

Intellectuals.

Political scientists--Canada--Biography.

Political scientists.

Canada--Biography.

Physical Description:

xviii, 367 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As clerk of the House of Commons, Bourinot advised the speaker and other members of the house on parliamentary procedure; he also wrote the standard Canadian work on the subject. A founding member of the Royal Society of Canada, he played a leading role during the Society's first twenty years. Ahead of his time in writing intellectual history, Bourinot was also an early supporter of higher education for women. He was a man of contrasts, an early Canadian nationalist as well as an imperialist. In spite of the constitutional changes of 1982, there is still much in Bourinot's writing that is relevant today.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1 Family Background and Early Years 3

2 Student and Journalist, Toronto, 1854-58 Io

3 A Period of Transition, I858-60 23

4 Journalist and Parliamentary Reporter, Halifax,

1860-67 27

5 Freelance Writer, Sydney, 1867-69 52

6 Officer of the Canadian Senate, I869-73 62

7 From Senate to Commons, 1873-80 76

8 Clerk of the Commons: An Ambition Realized,

1880-1902 89

9 Authority and Adviser on Constitutional Matters IIo

10 Author and Consultant on Procedure at Meetings 144

11 Family Life, 1880-1902 163

12 Historian and Litterateur 177

13 The Royal Society of Canada - Twenty Years of

Service 199

14 Last Illness and Death 222

15 A Canadian Robert, the Erskine May of Canada,

or Simply a Great Victorian Canadian? 225

Appendices

1 Continued Use and Updating of Bourinot's Books after

His Death 239

2 Memorials to Bourinot 252

3 A Note on Sources 254

Notes 259

Index 355.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85936-6

9786612859366

0-7735-6926-X

OCLC:

929121181