Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents vii
4. June 1957: Shock! 1
5. A new prime minister 3
6. The switch to opposition 10
7. St Laurent resigns as party leader 13
8. Pearson takes over 15
9. Parliament is dissolved February 1958 19
10. Fighting for my political life 20
11. Election results 24
12. Organizing my life 26
13. Pearson as leader 28
14. Parliament opens 32
15. The Broadcasting Act 36
16. The BC ferry crisis 40
17. Atlantic affairs 42
18. The tide begins to ebb: 1959 49
19. The RCMP in Newfoundland 52
20. How Newfoundland Liberal MPs reacted to Pearson 58
21. Newfoundland and term 29 64
22. Federal-provincial relations 73
23. The Trans-Canada highway 77
24. The National Gallery 79
25. 'Heads will roll' 81
26. Immigration and citizenship 84
27. Diefenbaker and the Speaker 87
28. To the end of 1959 89
29. 1960: Unemployment 90
30. The Opposition supports reforms 93
31. The Bill of Rights 95
32. The Kingston conference 96
33. Away from Parliament 99
34. The session of 1960-61 100
35. The Coyne affair 102
36. A bill to remove Coyne 115
37. Rights to hearings 125
38. The Senate and the Coyne affair 128
39. The treatment of Donald Gordon 132
40. Diefenbaker's problems with his ministers 134
41. Serious moments 137
42. Frivolous moments 140
43. Outside Parliament 143
44. The session of 1962 148
45. Argue quits the NOP 153
46. Ariwna Charlie's 154
47. Redistribution 156
48. The election of 1962 160
49. The new Parliament 164
50. The first vote of confidence 166
51. Speaker Lambert and the House 170
52. The second vote of confidence 172
53. Breaches of responsible government 174
54. The Atlantic Development Board 176
55. Bilingualism and Biculturalism 177
56. The nuclear crisis 178
57. The government falls 191
58. The election of 1963 192
59. A Liberal government agam 195
60. The Gordon budget 200
61. Adjusting the Atlantic Development Board 204
62. Diefenbaker repudiates his party 206
63. Divorces settled 208
64. The Social Credit schism 210
65. Crisis over Hal Banks 214
66. The Social Credit dispute settled 222
67. Further tribulations of a House leader 230
68. Redistribution under way 233
69. Ministerial duties 238
70. Winding up the session of 1963 244
71. Reflections 246
72. Index 251