Old Man Ontario : : Leslie M. Frost / / Roger Graham.

For most of the twentieth century, Progressive Conservatives have governed Ontario. One of the great consolidators of the Ontario Tory dynasty was Leslie Frost, premier from 1949 to 1961. This biography explores the life and career of one of the province's most successful politicians. Frost was...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©1990
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (498 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • The Ontario Historical Studies Series
  • Preface
  • 1. Growing up in Mariposa - and in France
  • 2. Living by the Law in Lindsay
  • 3. Low Tide for 'the Government Party'
  • 4. A Private in the Ranks
  • 5. 'Something to Fight and Cheer For'
  • 6. Resisting the Centralist Tide
  • 7. Resolving Problems Old and New
  • 8. Front and Centre
  • 9. New Directions
  • 10. Growing Pains
  • 11. A Big View of the Future
  • 12. Human Betterment
  • 13. A Moral and Sober People
  • 14. Thunder on the Left
  • 15. Renewing the Mandate
  • 16. Speaking up for Ontario
  • 17. Wonders from the West
  • 18. Getting on with Dief
  • 19. Recurrences
  • 20. Bowing Out
  • 21. The Laird of Lindsay
  • Appendix: The Frost Ministry
  • Notes
  • Picture Credits
  • Index