The Road Back : By a Liberal in Opposition / J.W. Pickersgill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pickersgill, J.W., Author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pickersgill, J. W., 1905-.

Pickersgill, J. W.

Canada.

Canada--Politics and government--1945-1980.

Canada--Politics and government--1945-.

Liberal Party of Canada.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This latest volume in Pickersgill's memoirs cover his years in opposition, from St Laurent's defeat at the hands of Diefenbaker in 1957 through to the election of a Liberal government under Lester Pearson six years later and Pickersgill's session as House Leader.

Contents:

Cover; Preface; June 1957: Shock!; A new prime minister; The switch to Opposition; St Laurent resigns as party leader; Pearson takes over; Parliament is dissolved February 1958; Fighting for my political life; Election results; Organizing my life; Pearson as leader; Parliament opens; The Broadcasting Act; The BC ferry crisis; Atlantic affairs; The tide begins to ebb: 1959; The RCMP in Newfoundland; How Newfoundland Liberal MPs reacted to Pearson; Newfoundland and term 29; Federal-provincial relations; The Trans-Canada highway; The National Gallery; 'Heads will roll'

Immigration and citizenshipDiefenbaker and the Speaker; To the end of 1959; 1960: Unemployment; The Opposition supports reforms; The Bill of Rights; The Kingston conference; Away from Parliament; The session of 1960-61; The Coyne affair; A bill to remove Coyne; Rights to hearings; The Senate and the Coyne affair; The treatment of Donald Gordon; Diefenbaker's problems with his ministers; Serious moments; Frivolous moments; Outside Parliament; The session of 1962; Argue quits the NDP; Arizona Charlie's; Redistribution; The election of 1962; The new Parliament; The first vote of confidence

Speaker Lambert and the HouseThe second vote of confidence; Breaches of responsible government; The Atlantic Development Board; Bilingualism and Biculturalism; The nuclear crisis; The government falls; The election of 1963; A Liberal government again; The Gordon budget; Adjusting the Atlantic Development Board; Diefenbaker repudiates his party; Divorces settled; The Social Credit schism; Crisis over Hal Banks; The Social Credit dispute settled; Further tribulations of a House leader; Redistribution under way; Ministerial duties; Winding up the session of 1963; Reflections; Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-4875-7749-4

OCLC:

1112636586