Let the Eastern Bastards Freeze in the Dark: The West Versus the Rest Since Confederation Book

Preface ix

1 The November 1918 Conference: Where the West Was Almost Lost 1

2 Riel Versus Macdonald: Contenders For the West, 1857 to Summer of 1870 25

3 Norquay and Haultain: Two Western Champions and a Funeral. Late 1870 to 1897 55

4 Haultain Loses Self-Control-And Laurier Keeps Resource Control. 1898 to 1905 88

5 "A Burden Onerous to Bear": Frank Oliver Does it His Way, 1905 to August 1911 123

6 Borden Dallies: The Birth of the Gang of Three, September 1911 to August 1914 153

7 The West's Bad War: Stalemate for the Gang of Three August 1914 to Early March 1918 184

8 The Rest Versus the West: The Gang of Three Loses the Peace, March 1918 to November 1918 214

9 "The Principles Have Been Completely Lost to Sight": Meighen Splits the Gang of Three. 1919 to 1921 245

10 "We Are Very Desirous of Having this Long Standing Question Settled": Mackenzie King's On-The-Job Training. 1921 to 1925 274

11 "This Makes a Virtual Reconstruction of Confederation": The Deal, the Depression and the Great Discovery. 1926 to 1947 299

Afterword 337

Notes 343

Bibliography 391

Acknowledgements 399

Index 403