The Golden Age of Liberalism: A Portrait of Roméo LeBlanc

by Naomi E. S. Griffiths, Jean Chretien (Foreword by)

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781552778975
Publisher:	James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Publication date:	12/01/2011
Sold by:	De Marque
Format:	eBook
Pages:	376
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

NAOMI E.S. GRIFFITHS is recognized for her pioneering work in the fields of Acadian and women's history. She is a Distinguished Research Professor in the history department at Carleton University. From Migrant to Acadian: A North American Border People received the Lionel Groulx Prize in 2006.

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Table of Contents

Foreword by the Right Honourable Jean Chretien

Introduction

1 From Memramcook to Rideau Hall
2 Cormier's Cove
3 Transitions and Interruptions, 1948 - 1955
4 Teacher to Journalist: Fredericton to Ottawa and Beyond
5 Foreign Correspondent: London and Washington
6 An Unexpected Path to Political Life
7 From Backbencher to Minister
8 Minister of Fishermen
9 From Elected to Appointed Office

Epilogue

Acknowledgements
Endnotes
Bibliography
Biographical Sketches
Photographic Sources
Index