Right turn : how the Tories took Ontario / Christina Blizzard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blizzard, Christina, 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ontario. Legislative Assembly--Elections, 1995.

Ontario.

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.

Political campaigns--Ontario.

Political campaigns.

Ontario--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario ; Oxford, England : Dundurn Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It wasn't so much a big blue machine that chugged its way across Ontario's political landscape in the spring of 1995 - it was more a big purple bulldozer driven by leader Mike harris and a new breed of Tories. Gone were the pinestripes and the cigar-chomping backroom boys of the forty-two years of Tory rule. These Tories were young, hip, and they were riding the wave of their Common Sense Revolution, a platform launched a year earlier. Still, there were only a few who thought the PCs stood a chance of winning the Ontario provincial election. Though Bob Rae's NDP government was founde

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Coronation to Revolution; 2 A House Divided; 3 No Cents and Common Sense; 4 Out of the Smoke; 5 Don't Underestimate This Guy; 6 Beyond the Big Blue Machine; 7 Just Call Me Janet; 8 Dial 1-800-668-MIKE; 9 Sex, Half-truths, and Videotape; 10 Mussel Power; 11 Hey, Presto! Reform Vanishes; 12 This Bus Was a Gas; 13 Closet Politics; Illustrations; 14 Trust Me, I Can Do It; 15 With the Greatest of Respect; 16 The Young and the Hip; 17 A Blue Lady in a Red Outfit; 18 Shout at Your Spouse, Lose the Election; 19 Playing the Percentages; 20 The Dreaded Red Book

21 Landslide Ernie22 Whatever Happened to the Liberals?; 23 Political Orphans; 24 Free Spirits; 25 You Say You Want a Revolution?; 26 The Writ Drops; 27 Red Book versus Revolution; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786611962517

9781281962515

1281962511

9781554882793

1554882796

OCLC:

288136778