T.A. Crerar
A Political Life
Published on 14. May 2014
326 pages
978-0-7735-6667-5 (ISBN)
Description
Born in June 1876, 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 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 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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Language
English
Place of publication
Montreal
United States
File size
18,41 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7735-6667-5 (9780773566675)
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McGill-Queen's University Press
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Content
- Intro
- 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, 1929-34
- PART 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
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