The Man from Halifax : Sir John Thompson, Prime Minister /

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Professor Waite has ably and intimately portrayed the private life of a late-Victorian politican: the sacrifice of home comforts, the loneliness of Ottawa, and the sense of public duty that drive Thomson, despite his natural inclinations, to persist in government service.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Waite, Peter B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 1985.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Thompson, John Sparrow David.
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Thompson, John S. D. > (John Sparrow David), > Sir, > 1844-1894
Thompson, John S. D. > (John Sparrow David), > Sir, > 1844-1894.
Biografie
Prime ministers.
Politics and government
Judges.
Cabinet officers.
Attorneys general.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Procureurs generaux > Nouvelle-Écosse > Biographies.
Ministres > Canada > Biographies.
Premiers ministres > Canada > Biographies.
Judges > Nova Scotia > Biography.
Attorneys general > Nova Scotia > Biography.
Cabinet officers > Canada > Biography.
Prime ministers > Canada > Biography.
Nova Scotia.
Canada.
Nouvelle-Écosse > Politique et gouvernement > 1867-
Nouvelle-Écosse > Politique et gouvernement > 1867-1896.
Canada > Politique et gouvernement > 1867-1896.
Nova Scotia > Politics and government > 1867-1896.
Canada > Politics and government > 1867-1896.
Nova Scotia > Politics and government > 1867-
Canada > Politics and government > 1867-1914.
Biographies.
Thompson, John.
Thompson, John S.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. Halifax Boy and Lawyer, 1845-1877. 1. J.S. Thompson Comes to Halifax
  • 2. Father and Son
  • 3. The Courting of Annie Affleck
  • 4. The Halifax of Alderman Thompson
  • 5. Practising Law
  • pt. 2. Politician, Attorney General, and Judge, 1877-1885. 6. Getting Elected for Antigonish
  • 7. Attorney General of Nova Scotia
  • 8. The Fall of the Holmes-Thompson Government
  • 9. Mr. Justice Thompson
  • pt. 3. The Train to Ottawa: Minster of Justice in Macdonald's Cabinet, 1885-1891. 10. Minister of Justice
  • 11. Defending the Macdonald Government
  • 12. Adminsitering the Department of Justice
  • 13. Adventures in Washington
  • 14. Overseer of Provincial Law: Thompson and Disallowance
  • 15. Dragon's Teeth
  • 16. Thompson's Canadian Diplomacy
  • pt. 4. Becoming Prime Minister, 1891-1894. 17. The Wages of the Macdonald Era
  • 18. Steadying the Helm
  • 19. The New Prime Minister
  • 20. The Paris Interlude, 1893
  • 21. The Weight of Responsibility
  • 22. The End of Things
  • 23. In the Service of His Country
  • Epilogue.

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