Table of Contents

Foreword: Turning Point Elections ... and the Case of the 1957 and 1958 Elections / Gerald Baier and R. Kenneth Carty

Preface

1 On the Cusp of Change

2 The Parties Heading into the 1957 Election

3 The Players in 1957

4 The Issues in 1957

5 The 1957 Campaign

6 A New Parliament, a New Leader, and Another Election

7 Challenges, Failures, Defeat, and Regrouping

8 Legacies

9 Turning Point for the Parties and the Party System

Appendix 1: List of Key Players

Appendix 2: Timeline of Events

Appendix 3: Data Tables

Notes; Suggestions for Further Reading; Index

About the Author

John C. Courtney is a senior policy fellow in the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy and a professor emeritus of political studies at the University of Saskatchewan. He is a past president of the Canadian Political Science Association and editor of the Canadian Journal of Political Science. Among many other works, Courtney is the author of Commissioned Ridings: Designing Canada’s Electoral Districts; The Selection of National Party Leaders in Canada; Do Conventions Matter?; and Elections.