E.C. Drury : : Agrarian Idealist /

E.C. Drury : : Agrarian Idealist / / Charles M. Johnston.

In a fiercely fought provincial election in 1919, a new political movement came to power in Ontario. The victorious party was the United Farmers of Ontario. Its leader, Ernest Charles Drury (1878-1968), became the province's eighth premier. Idealistic agrarian reformer, staunch temperance man,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
VerfasserIn:
Johnston, Charles M.,
MitwirkendeR:
Beck, Jeanne,
Careless, Maurice,
French, Goldwin,
Oliver, Peter,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©1986
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • The Ontario Historical Studies Series
  • Preface
  • 1. The Road from Kenilworth
  • 2. Growing up in Simcoe County
  • 3. Rural Activist
  • 4. A Farmer in Wartime
  • 5. With the UFO in Politics
  • 6. Pondering the Options
  • 7. Taking Charge
  • 8. Tackling Education
  • 9. Confronting Adam Beck
  • 10. Political Hopes and Fears
  • 11. Entrenching Virtue
  • 12. Cleaning up the North
  • 13. Dissension and Defeat
  • 14. Life after Queen's Park
  • 15. Turning Point
  • 16. New Careers and Old Reflections
  • 17. The Last Days
  • Notes
  • A Note on Sources
  • Index

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