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
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Waite, Peter B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1985.
Colección:Heritage.
Temas:
Thompson, John S. D. > (John Sparrow David), > Sir, > 1844-1894.
Thompson, John S. D. > (John Sparrow David), > Sir, > 1844-1894
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Thompson, John Sparrow David.
Since 1867
Prime ministers > Canada > Biography.
Cabinet officers > Canada > Biography.
Attorneys general > Nova Scotia > Biography.
Judges > Nova Scotia > Biography.
Premiers ministres > Canada > Biographies.
Ministres > Canada > Biographies.
Procureurs généraux > Nouvelle-Écosse > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
Attorneys general
Cabinet officers
Judges
Politics and government
Prime ministers
Biografie
Canada > Politics and government > 1867-1914.
Nova Scotia > Politics and government > 1867-
Canada > Politics and government > 1867-1896.
Nova Scotia > Politics and government > 1867-1896.
Canada > Politique et gouvernement > 1867-1896.
Nouvelle-Écosse > Politique et gouvernement > 1867-1896.
Nouvelle-Écosse > Politique et gouvernement > 1867-
Canada > Politique et gouvernement > 1867-1914.
Canada
Nova Scotia
Thompson, John S.
Thompson, John.
Biographies
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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