Author: James Edgar Rea
Publisher: McGill-Queen’s University Press
Keywords: life, political, crerar
Number of Pages: 307
Published: 1997-09
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 0773516298
ISBN-13: 9780773516298

Born in June 1876, Crerar’s Scots inheritance and rural Manitoba upbringing gave him a life-long commitment to the liberal values of independence, self-reliance, thrift, and co-operation. He became the founding president of United Grain Growers in 1917 and was Borden’s Minister of Agriculture during World War I. When the federal government refused to lower protective tariffs after the war, Crerar left the Cabinet in protest and became the leader of the newly formed Progressive Party, bringing an end to the two-party political system in Canada and leading to the first minority gover

Author: Paul Dickson
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Keywords: general, crerar, biography, thoroughly, canadian
Number of Pages: 528
Published: 2007-11-15
List price: $61.00
ISBN-10: 080200802X
ISBN-13: 9780802008022