Principles and gerrymanders : parliamentary redistribution of ridings in Ontario, 1840-1954 / George Emery.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Emery, George Neil, 1941- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canada. Parliament--Election districts--History.

Canada.

Election districts--Ontario--History.

Election districts.

Gerrymandering--Ontario--History.

Gerrymandering.

Gerrymandering--Canada--History.

Canada--Politics and government--19th century.

Canada--Politics and government--20th century.

Ontario--Politics and government--19th century.

Ontario.

Ontario--Politics and government--20th century.

Genre:

Libros electronicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Distribution:

Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2016.

Place of Publication:

Montreal [Quebec] : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2016]

Summary:

A window on partisan corruption by majority parties in the redistribution of ridings in Ontario.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Figures, Maps, and Tables

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Ontario Setting

Redistributions in Canada West, 1840–67

Sir John A. Macdonald and Oliver Mowat: Redistributions of the 1870s

Sir John A. Macdonald and Oliver Mowat: Redistributions of the 1880s

John Thompson’s 1892 Dominion Redistribution

Hitting Back: Wilfrid Laurier’s Redistribution Bills of 1899, 1900, and 1903

Reversal of Fortune: Robert Borden’s Dominion Redistribution of 1914

Four Provincial Redistributions, 1894–1914

Mackenzie King and Howard Ferguson: Redistributions of the 1920s

R.B. Bennett and George Henry: Redistributions During the Great 1930s Depression

The Last of Ontario’s Parliamentary Redistributions, 1947–54

Conclusion

Municipal Annexations of Toronto, Hamilton, Ottawa, and London¹

The Harper Government and the Saskatchewan Boundary Commission, 2013

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-328) and index.

ISBN:

9780773597518

0773597514

9780773597501

0773597506

OCLC:

922140922