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The Road Back
By a Liberal in Opposition
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J.W. Pickersgill
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English
Published/Copyright:
1986
About this book
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.
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Pickersgill J.W. :
J.W. PICKERSGILL is now retired from a career in the civil service and politics that spans almost fifty years. He still lives in Ottawa.
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Frontmatter
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Preface
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Contents
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June 1957: Shock!
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A new prime minister
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The switch to opposition
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St Laurent resigns as party leader
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Pearson takes over
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Parliament is dissolved February 1958
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Fighting for my political life
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Election results
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Organizing my life
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Pearson as leader
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Parliament opens
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The Broadcasting Act
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The BC ferry crisis
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Atlantic affairs
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The tide begins to ebb: 1959
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The RCMP in Newfoundland
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How Newfoundland Liberal MPs reacted to Pearson
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Newfoundland and term 29
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Federal-provincial relations
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The Trans-Canada highway
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The National Gallery
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'Heads will roll'
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Immigration and citizenship
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Diefenbaker and the Speaker
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To the end of 1959
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1960: Unemployment
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The Opposition supports reforms
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The Bill of Rights
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The Kingston conference
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Away from Parliament
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The session of 1960-61
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The Coyne affair
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A bill to remove Coyne
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Rights to hearings
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The Senate and the Coyne affair
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The treatment of Donald Gordon
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Diefenbaker's problems with his ministers
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Serious moments
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Frivolous moments
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Outside Parliament
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The session of 1962
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Argue quits the NOP
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Ariwna Charlie's
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Redistribution
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The election of 1962
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The new Parliament
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The first vote of confidence
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Speaker Lambert and the House
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The second vote of confidence
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Breaches of responsible government
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The Atlantic Development Board
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Bilingualism and Biculturalism
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The nuclear crisis
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The government falls
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The election of 1963
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A Liberal government agam
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The Gordon budget
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Adjusting the Atlantic Development Board
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Diefenbaker repudiates his party
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Divorces settled
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The Social Credit schism
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Crisis over Hal Banks
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The Social Credit dispute settled
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Further tribulations of a House leader
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Redistribution under way
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Ministerial duties
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Winding up the session of 1963
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Reflections
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Index
251
Publishing information
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eBook published on:
December 15, 1986
eBook ISBN:
9781487577490
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
272
eBook ISBN:
9781487577490
Audience(s) for this book
College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
