Sir John George Bourinot, Victorian Canadian : his life, times, and legacy / / Margaret A. Banks.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Banks, Margaret A., 1928-
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xviii, 367 p. :; ill.

Table of Contents

• Machine generated contents note: 1 Family Background and Early Years 3
• 2 Student and Journalist, Toronto, 1854-58 Io
• 3 A Period of Transition, I858-60 23
• 4 Journalist and Parliamentary Reporter, Halifax,
• 1860-67 27
• 5 Freelance Writer, Sydney, 1867-69 52
• 6 Officer of the Canadian Senate, I869-73 62
• 7 From Senate to Commons, 1873-80 76
• 8 Clerk of the Commons: An Ambition Realized,
• 1880-1902 89
• 9 Authority and Adviser on Constitutional Matters IIo
• 10 Author and Consultant on Procedure at Meetings 144
• 11 Family Life, 1880-1902 163
• 12 Historian and Litterateur 177
• 13 The Royal Society of Canada - Twenty Years of
• Service 199
• 14 Last Illness and Death 222
• 15 A Canadian Robert, the Erskine May of Canada,
• or Simply a Great Victorian Canadian? 225
• Appendices
• 1 Continued Use and Updating of Bourinot's Books after
• His Death 239
• 2 Memorials to Bourinot 252
• 3 A Note on Sources 254
• Notes 259
• Index 355.