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John Bracken : a political biography / John Kendle.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, (c)1979.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 318 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442664746
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • F1063 .J646 1979
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Contents:
The West and scientific agriculture -- Premier of Manitoba -- Brackenism -- Wood, minerals, and Liberals -- The Seven Sisters site -- Scandal -- 'Work, Economy, Patience' -- Hanging on -- Manitoba's case -- War -- Leader of the Progressive Conservative party -- Out of the House -- In the House -- Retirement -- Epilogue.
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Subject: Premier of Manitoba for more than twenty years and, later, leader of the federal Progressive Conservative party, John Bracken became the recognized voice of the west during the difficult years of the depression. This book examines Bracken's political career, focusing on his years in Manitoba and his role in the political development of the Canadian west.
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Early years -- The West and scientific agriculture -- Premier of Manitoba -- Brackenism -- Wood, minerals, and Liberals -- The Seven Sisters site -- Scandal -- 'Work, Economy, Patience' -- Hanging on -- Manitoba's case -- War -- Leader of the Progressive Conservative party -- Out of the House -- In the House -- Retirement -- Epilogue.

Premier of Manitoba for more than twenty years and, later, leader of the federal Progressive Conservative party, John Bracken became the recognized voice of the west during the difficult years of the depression. This book examines Bracken's political career, focusing on his years in Manitoba and his role in the political development of the Canadian west.

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