The Big Red Machine
How the Liberal Party Dominates Canadian Politics
Distributed for University of British Columbia Press
The Big Red Machine
How the Liberal Party Dominates Canadian Politics
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Table of Contents
Preface: The Joy of Winning
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Party Systems and Liberal Leaders
Pierre Trudeau: Victory, Fall, and Recovery
1974 The Liberal Party and Pierre Trudeau: The Jockey and the Horse
1979 The Government’s Defeat, the Party’s Decline, and the Leader’s (Temporary) Fall
1980 Hiding the Charisma: Low-Bridging the Saviour
John Turner: From Disappointment to Despair
1984 The Dauphin and the Doomed: John Turner’s Debacle
1988 Election or Referendum? Disoriented in Defeat
Jean Chrétien: Power without Purpose
1993 Yesterday’s Man and His Blue Grits: Backwards into Jean Chrétien’s Future
1997 Securing Their Future Together
2000 The Liberal Threepeat: The Multi-System Party in the Multi-Party System
Paul Martin: Saved By the Far Right
2004 Disaster and Recovery: Paul Martin As Political Lazarus
Conclusion
The Liberal Party As Hegemon: Straddling Canadian History
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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