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Author Banks, Margaret A., 1928-

Title Sir John George Bourinot, Victorian Canadian [electronic resource] : his life, times, and legacy / Margaret A. Banks.

Imprint Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001.

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Description xviii, 367 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1 Family Background and Early Years 3 -- 2 Student and Journalist, Toronto, 1854-58 Io -- 3 A Period of Transition, I858-60 23 -- 4 Journalist and Parliamentary Reporter, Halifax, -- 1860-67 27 -- 5 Freelance Writer, Sydney, 1867-69 52 -- 6 Officer of the Canadian Senate, I869-73 62 -- 7 From Senate to Commons, 1873-80 76 -- 8 Clerk of the Commons: An Ambition Realized, -- 1880-1902 89 -- 9 Authority and Adviser on Constitutional Matters IIo -- 10 Author and Consultant on Procedure at Meetings 144 -- 11 Family Life, 1880-1902 163 -- 12 Historian and Litterateur 177 -- 13 The Royal Society of Canada - Twenty Years of -- Service 199 -- 14 Last Illness and Death 222 -- 15 A Canadian Robert, the Erskine May of Canada, -- or Simply a Great Victorian Canadian? 225 -- Appendices -- 1 Continued Use and Updating of Bourinot's Books after -- His Death 239 -- 2 Memorials to Bourinot 252 -- 3 A Note on Sources 254 -- Notes 259 -- Index 355.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Bourinot, John George, 1837-1902.
Canada. Parliament -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
Intellectuals -- Canada -- Biography.
Political scientists -- Canada -- Biography.
Canada -- Biography.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0773521917 (acid-free paper)

 
    
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