11 Louis St-Laurent: The Cabinet’s Centre of Gravity

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. List of Images xiii
4. List of Tables xv
5. Acknowledgments xvii
6. Introduction: The Idea of Cabinet Government 1
7. 1 Statecraft: Theory and the Thirst for History 10
8. 2 Sir John A. Macdonald and His Cabinets: The “Autocrat” in Power 20
9. 3 Alexander Mackenzie’s Statecraft: Looking for Stability Ex-centrically 47
10. 4 The Cabinet in Chronic Crisis: The Lessons of Abbott, Thompson, Bowell, and Tupper 71
11. 5 Pillars and Posts: Wilfrid Laurier’s Cabinet Management 96
12. 6 The Outsider: Robert Borden and His Cabinet 113
13. 7 Arthur Meighen: The Lost Opportunities of Leadership 128
14. 8 Cabinet Management after the Collapse of the Two-Party System: Mackenzie King in the 1920s 150
15. 9 R.B. Bennett’s “One-Man Government” 173
16. 10 Mackenzie King’s Upgrading of Prime Ministerial Power: Cabinet Management, Luck, and Circumstance 196
17. 11 Louis St-Laurent: The Cabinet’s Centre of Gravity 218
18. 12 John Diefenbaker: The Chief Stands Alone 240
19. 13 Lester Pearson and Cabinet Government: The Diplomat in Charge 263
20. 14 Pierre inter pares: Cabinet under Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1968–1979 282
21. 15 “Welcome to the 1980s”: Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s Quasi-Gaullist Style 308
22. 16 Brian Mulroney: Statecraft for Radical Change 329
23. 17 Jean Chrétien: The “Friendly Dictator” 354
24. 18 Paul Martin’s Cabinet: The Unforgiving Consequences of Flawed Statecraft 375
25. 19 Stephen Harper: Alone at the Top 395
26. 20 Justin Trudeau: A Cabinet That Looks Like Canada 414
27. Conclusion: The Mysterious Grammar of Canadian Statecraft 443
28. Contributors 465
29. Index 469
30. THE INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION OF CANADA SERIES IN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE 501