Saskatchewan Premiers Of The Twentieth Century

Author : Gordon L. Barnhart
Publisher : University of Regina Press
ISBN 13 : 9780889771642
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Saskatchewan Premiers of the Twentieth Century written by Gordon L. Barnhart and published by University of Regina Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the optimism associated with provincial status in 1905, through the trials of Depression and war, the boom times of the post-war period, and the economic vagaries of the 1980s and 1990s, the twentieth century was a time of growth and hardship, development, challenge and change, for Saskatchewan and its people. And during the century, twelve men, from a variety of political parties and from very different backgrounds, led the government of this province. The names of some--like T.C. Douglas and Roy Romanow--are still household names, while others--like Charles Dunning and WIlliam Patterson--have been all but forgotten. Yet each in his unique way, for better or for worse, helped to mould and steer the destiny of the province he governed. These are their stories.

Author : University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center
Publisher : University of Regina Press
ISBN 13 : 9780889771512
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alberta Premiers of the Twentieth Century written by University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center and published by University of Regina Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the optimism associated with provincial status in 1905, through the trials of Depression and war, the boom times of the post-war period, and the economic vagaries of the 1980s and the 1990s, the twentieth century was a time of growth and hardship, development and change, for Alberta and its people. And during the century, twelve men, from a variety of political parties and from very different backgrounds, led the government of this province. The names of some--like William Aberhart, Ernest Manning, and Peter Lougheed--are still household names, while others--like Arthur Sifton, Herbert Greenfield and Richard Reid--have been all but forgotten. Yet each in his unique way, for better or for worse, helped to mould and steer the destiny of the province he governed. These are their stories.

Author : Howard A. Leeson
Publisher : University of Regina Press
ISBN 13 : 9780889771314
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Saskatchewan Politics written by Howard A. Leeson and published by University of Regina Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this volume cover a broad range of topics on Saskatchewan politics, including: the role of the legislature and the Governor General; political institutions (premiers, cabinets, public service, judiciary, commissions); political parties and their history; and social issues & the economy (public finance, health care reform, economic development, rural life, demographics, First Nations, public welfare, federal relations, the media). Appendices include a table of provincial electoral results 1905-99 and lists of Saskatchewan premiers, Lieutenant Governors, and presidents & chiefs of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations.

Author : Jack C. Stabler
Publisher : University of Regina Press
ISBN 13 : 9780889771475
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Saskatchewan's Communities in the 21st Century written by Jack C. Stabler and published by University of Regina Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report traces the evolution of Saskatchewan's trade centre system for the 40 years between 1961 & 2001. For assessing & classifying communities into functional categories, 68 variables are used. In assessing a community's status & future prospects, the systematic trade centre relationships, the demand thresholds required to support trade & service activities, and the impact of non-systematic events such as the establishment of a manufacturing plant or mine are taken into account. The relationship between infrastructure & economic development is also discussed. The events summarized emphasize a continuous extension of the geographic framework within which people journey to work, shop, attend school, obtain health care and, in general, live their everyday lives. In this process, the concept of community, as a functional entity, has evolved from village or town to a region large enough to satisfy the everyday requirements of rural dwellers.

Author : Barry Ferguson
Publisher : University of Regina Press
ISBN 13 : 9780889772168
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Manitoba Premiers of 19th and 20th Centuries written by Barry Ferguson and published by University of Regina Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Throughout its history, Manitoba has been a province struggling with religious, linguistic, ethnic and class conflict. Manitoba's premiers have led--and often barely controlled--political movements and parties that have been consistently unstable. Their governments have been characterized by policies that have divided the province.

Author : Gordon Leslie Barnhart
Publisher : University of Regina Press
ISBN 13 : 9780889771420
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Peace, Progress and Prosperity written by Gordon Leslie Barnhart and published by University of Regina Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Walter Scott was a newspaper owner and successful businessman before being elected to the House of Commons in 1905 as member for Assiniboia West. He became leader of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party by 1905 and premier of the new province. This biography covers the life of this respected political leader from birth through his political career to his retirement years, giving a picture of his labours in the fields of education, female suffrage, agriculture, and public policy whose fruits continue to be of influence in the province.

Author : Howard A. Leeson
Publisher : University of Regina Press
ISBN 13 : 9780889772342
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Saskatchewan Politics written by Howard A. Leeson and published by University of Regina Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his 2001 volume on politics in Saskatchewan, Howard Leeson observed that vast changes were underway in the Saskatchewan polity, and he predicted that the familiar politics of the past would soon look jarringly antiquated. The contributors to this new volume--Saskatchewan Politics: Crowding the Centre--come to the conclusion that this process of change is now largely complete. As its subtitle makes clear, this new study suggests that political parties in the province have crowded closer and closer to the ideological centre. Without the fulcrum of ideological division, politics in the province appears to be more and more about personal and administrative clashes and less and less about substantive differences as to how the economy and society should be organized. In short, left and right are increasingly being left out of provincial politics. Includes a dvd of the 2006-08 Throne and budget debates between NDP leader Lorne Calvert and Saskatchewan Party leader Brad Wall.

Author : Mary Janigan
Publisher : Vintage Canada
ISBN 13 : 0307400638
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Let the Eastern Bastards Freeze in the Dark written by Mary Janigan and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2013-08-27 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first big book on one of the most overlooked episodes in Canadian history, and the origin of today's greatest national debate, Let the Eastern Bastards Freeze in the Dark relives the 1918 attempt by 3 premiers to wrest control of their natural resources away from Ottawa--and end their role as second-class provinces. The oil sands. Global warming. The National Energy Program. Though these seem like modern Canadian subjects, Mary Janigan reveals them to be a legacy of longstanding regional rivalry. Something of a "Third Solitude" since entering Confederation, the West has long been overshadowed by Canada's other great national debate. But as the conflict over natural resources and their effect on climate change heats up, 150 years of antipathy are coming to a head. Janigan takes readers back to a pivotal moment in 1918, when Canada's western premiers descended on Ottawa determined to control their own future--and as Margaret MacMillan did in Paris 1919, she deftly illustrates how the results reverberate to this day.

Author : University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center
Publisher : University of Regina Press
ISBN 13 : 9780889771796
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Heavy Hand of History written by University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center and published by University of Regina Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dale Eisler
Publisher : University of Regina Press
ISBN 13 : 9780889771949
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book False Expectations written by Dale Eisler and published by University of Regina Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Myth has played an important and ongoing role in the development of Saskatchewan's political economy. First, during the time of the National Policy, Saskatchewan was portrayed to immigrants as a promised land. This period served as the psychological and economic foundation for the provice. When belief in Saskatchewan as a promised land was shattered by the Great Depression and Dirty Thirties, the myth was reconstituted through the inspiration of the social gospel. It was then politically reinvigorated in the meaning of medicare and has been expressed in recent decades through the competing visions for economic development. Through all these eras, no matter what the tides of politics, there remained one constant--the singular, collective idea that Saskatchewan was a special place with unrealized potential. The challenge for the public dialogue of Saskatchewan, as the province enters its second century, is to not replay the mistakes of the past. Saskatchewan people must recognize the role that myth has played, and must continue to play, in the life of the province. But, at the same time, they must differentiate it from reality by understanding the power of myth as a force for progress and its potential to create false expectations."--pub. desc.