Divided Loyalties : : The Liberal Party of Canada, 1984-2008 / / Brooke Jeffrey.

The Liberal Party has governed Canada for much of the country's history. Yet over the past two decades, the 'natural governing party' has seen a decrease in traditional support, finding itself in opposition for nearly half of that time. In Divided Loyalties, Brooke Jeffrey draws on he...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©2010
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (672 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Into the Wilderness
  • 2 Life in the Opposition, 1984-1987
  • 3 Reconstructing the Party
  • 4 The Meech Morass, 1987-1988
  • 5 The Fight of His Life: The 1988 Election
  • 6 Transition: Chrétien Takes the Helm, 1989-1992
  • 7 Return to Power: The 1993 Election
  • 8 Return to Governing: A Tale of Two Crises
  • 9 Return to Liberalism: The Clarity Act and the Defi cit Dividend
  • 10 Implosion: The Third Chrétien Mandate
  • 11 The Long Leadership Race, 2002-2003
  • 12 From Glory to Grief: The First Martin Mandate
  • 13 Fall from Grace: From Majority to Minority
  • 14 Freefall: The Martin Minority
  • 15 Back to the Wilderness
  • List of Interviews
  • Notes
  • Index