Sir John George Bourinot, Victorian Canadian : his life, times, and legacy / Margaret A. Banks
- Author
- Banks, Margaret A., 1928-
- Published
- Montreal, Qué : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 367 pages) : illustrations
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- Language Note
- English.
- Contents
- Family Background and Early Years -- Student and Journalist, Toronto, 1854-58 -- A Period of Transition, 1858-60 -- Journalist and Parliamentary Reporter, Halifax, 1860-67 -- Freelance Writer, Sydney, 1867-69 -- Officer of the Canadian Senate, 1869-73 -- From Senate to Commons, 1873-80 -- Clerk of the Commons : An Ambition Realized, 1880-1902 -- Authority and Adviser on Constitutional Matters -- Author and Consultant on Procedure at Meetings -- Family Life, 1880-1902 -- Historian and Littérateur -- The Royal Society of Canada : Twenty Years of Service -- Last Illness and Death -- A Canadian Robert, the Erskine May of Canada, or Simply a Great Victorian Canadian? -- Appendices: Continued Use and Updating of Bourinot's Books after His Death ; Memorials to Bourinot ; A Note on Sources.
- Summary
- "John Bourinot's advice on constitutional issues was sought by governors general and prime ministers but, because it was generally given behind the scenes, Canadian history books and biographies of late nineteenth-century statesmen give him little if any credit. In Sir John George Bourinot, Victorian Canadian Margaret Banks corrects this oversight and shows the importance of his work." "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."--Jacket
- Subject(s)
- Bourinot, John George, 1837-1902
- Bourinot, John George, Sir, 1837-1902
- Bourinot, John George, (1887-1902;, Sir)
- Bourinot, John George
- Canada. Parliament—Officials and employees—Biography
- Canada. Parlement—Fonctionnaires—Biographies
- Canada. Parliament
- Intellectuals—Canada—Biography
- Political scientists—Canada—Biography
- Intellectuels—Canada—Biographies
- Écrivains canadiens-anglais—19e siècle—Biographies
- Politologues—Canada—Biographies
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY—Historical
- HISTORY—Canada—Post-Confederation (1867- )
- HISTORY—Canada—General
- Employees
- Intellectuals
- Political scientists
- Politieke activiteit
- Canada—Biography
- Canada
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9780773569263 (electronic bk.)
077356926X (electronic bk.)
1282859366
9781282859364
9786612859366
6612859369
0773521917
9780773521919 - Digital File Characteristics
- data file
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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