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T.A. Crerar : a political life / J.E. Rea

Author
Rea, J. E. (James Edgar), 1931-
Published
Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, [1997]
Copyright Date
©1997
Physical Description
1 online resource (viii, 307 pages) : illustrations
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Contents
Contents -- Preface -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- PART ONE: A LIBERAL IN THE GRAIN TRADE, 1876�1917 -- 1 Grain and Cooperation, 1876�1915 -- 2 Political Apprentice, 1909�17 -- 3 Turning-Point, Summer 1917 -- PART TWO: UPHEAVAL IN OTTAWA, 1917�22 -- 4 Minister of Wheat, 1917�19 -- 5 Leading the Progressives, 1919�21 -- 6 A Divided House, 1921�22 -- PART THREE: WORKING FROM WINNIPEG, 1922�34 -- 7 Wheat Pools and the Home Bank, 1922�25 -- 8 Rethinking Canada, 1923�24 -- 9 Progressive Absorption, 1925�29, 10 Rethinking Liberalism, 1929�34PART FOUR: MINISTRY OF TALENTS, 1935�45 -- 11 Mines, Wheat, and Keynes, 1935�39 -- 12 Men and War, Federalism and Wheat, 1939�42 -- 13 War and Reconstruction, 1942�45 -- PART FIVE: THE SENATE AND AFTER, 1945�75 -- 14 Guarding the Treasury, 1945�57 -- 15 The Last Gladstonian Liberal, 1957�66 -- 16 Retirement and Reflection, 1966�75 -- Notes -- A Note on Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U, and Vw -- y -- z
Summary
Born in June 1876, T.A. Crerar's Scots inheritance and rural Manitoba upbringing gave him a life-long commitment to the liberal values of independence, self-reliance, thrift, and co-operation. He became the founding president of United Grain Growers in 1917 and was Prime Minister Borden's Minister of Agriculture during World War I. When the federal government refused to lower protective tariffs after the war, Crerar left the Cabinet in protest and became the leader of the newly formed Progressive Party, bringing an end to the two-party political system in Canada and leading to the first minority government in 1921. Crerar resigned the leadership of the Progressive Party in 1922 and later joined Prime Minister King's Cabinet, serving as a member of what may have been the strongest Cabinet in Canadian history. In 1945 Crerar was appointed to the Senate, where he held a prominent position until his retirement in 1966.
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9780773566675 (electronic bk.)
0773566678 (electronic bk.)
0773516298
9780773516298
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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