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Macdonald and Beyond
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MACDONALD IN 1887
• MACDONALD WON ANOTHER ELECTION IN 1887 BY A COUNT OF 123-92
• HE WAS IN JEOPARDY HEADING INTO THE ELECTION
• VILIFIED IN QUEBEC FOR KILLING RIEL • NATIONAL POLICY WAS NOT HELPING
THE ECONOMY IN THE MARITIMES
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CONT…
• EVEN IN ONTARIO THERE WAS SOME ANTI MACDONALD SENTIMENT
• WANTED SPECIAL RIGHTS BECAUSE IT WAS THE “MOST IMPORTANT” PROVINCE
• ALMOST EVERY PROVINCE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BEFORE THE ELECTION OF 1887
• BUT MACDONALD STILL WON
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BLAKE AND LIBERALS
• MACDONALD’S WIN CAN LARGELY BE ATTRIBUTED TO EDWARD BLAKE’S INABILITY TO UNITE THE LIBERALS
• BLAKE BECAME LIBERAL LEADER AFTER THE RESIGNATION OF ALEXANDER MACKENZIE IN 1880
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• EDWARD BLAKE LIBERAL LEADER BUT NEVER ELECTED PM
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BLAKE & LIBS. CONT…
• THE LIBERAL PARTY REALLY DOES NOT EXIST AT THIS POINT
• MACKENZIE ALLIED A GROUP OF NON CONSERVATIVES TO SECURE VICTORY AFTER THE PACIFIC SCANDAL
• SINCE THEN THE LIBERALS ARE A LOOSE COALITION OF PARTIES THAT DO NOT UNITE FULLY ON ALL ISSUES
• THIS KILLS THEM IN THE ELECTIONS OF 1882 AND 1887
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LIBERALS SQUABBALING
• SOME LIBERALS FAVOURED RECIPROCITY TO THE US, OTHERS IMPERIAL UNIONS WITH THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
• THUS THERE WAS NO SET POLICY THAT OPPOSED THE CONSERVATIVE NATIONAL POLICY
• IN THE MATTER OF RIEL, MANY LIBERALS VOTED TO HANG LOUIS RIEL INCLUDING BLAKE HIMSELF
• THIS ROBBED THE LIBERALS OF BEING THE VOICE FOR QUEBEC
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BLAKE’S MISTAKES
• AFTER THE RIEL EXECUTION, THE HOUSE HAD A MOTION BEFORE IT TO EXPRESS REGRET THAT RIEL HAD BEEN EXECUTED
• IT WAS A FREE VOTE, SO MANY CONSERVATIVES FROM QUEBEC VOTED IN FAVOUR, MANY ENGLISH LIBERALS VOTED AGAINST IT.
• THIS SHOWS BLAKE’S INABILITY TO WIN SUPPORT FROM A CRISIS FACING THE CONSERVATIVES. HE SHOULD HAVE PLAYED THIS TO THE HILT
• INSTEAD HE VOTES WITH THE “KILLERS OF RIEL”
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LAURIER STANDS UP• ONE YOUNG LIBERAL HOWEVER DID RISE, GAVE
AN IMPASSIONED SPEECH, CONDEMNING MACDONALD AND ENGLISH CANADA
• IN THIS SPEECH HE SAID THAT MACDONALD HAD USED THE RIEL NORTH WEST REBELLION TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE NEED FOR THE RAILWAY
• HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE GOV’T OF MACDONALD FOSTERED THE REBELLION BY YEARS OF NEGLECT.
• THIS MAN SPOKE SO ELOQUENTLY THAT MANY IN THE LIBERAL CAUCUS ESPECIALLY FROM QUEBEC SAW HIM AS THEIR FUTURE.
• THIS MAN WAS WILFRID LAURIER
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LAURIER CONT…
• BLAKE HAS NOW LOST TWO ELECTIONS AND THE LIBERALS LOOK FOR A NEW LEADER
• BLAKE HIMSELF SEES THE FUTURE OF THE LIBERAL PARTY IN LAURIER
• LAURIER IS PICKED TO REPLACE THE AGING AND NOW THE TWICE DEFEATED EDWARD BLAKE AND ASSUMES THE MANTLE OF LEADERSHIP IN 1887
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MACDONALD’S REIGN
• MACDONALD FACES MANY PROBLEMS THIS TIME
• THE ECONOMY IS STILL SLOW SO HE BEGINS TO CONSIDER LETTING GO OF THE NATIONAL POLICY IN FAVOUR OF FREE TRADE
• HOWEVER THE U.S.A. STILL DOESN’T AGREE SO MACDONALD REVERTS BACK TO THE NATIONAL POLICY
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1888: THE JESUIT ESTATES ACT
• JESUITS HAD LARGE LAND GRANTS • AFTER THE FALL OF NEW FRANCE
THE LAND WAS TAKEN BY THE BRITISH
• OVER 400,000 DOLLARS WAS TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN VARIOUS MANNERS TO COMPENSATE THE JESUITS
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J.E.A. CONT…
• ONTARIO OPPOSES THIS ACT AND CALL FOR MACDONALD TO DISALLOW IT
• MACDONALD DID NOT WANT TO FURTHER ANTAGONIZE QUE AND ROMAN CATHOLICS SO IN THE END HE ALLOWED THE ACT TO STAND
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J.E.A. EFFECTS
• ONTAIRO:– ANGRY WITH MACDONALD FOR
LETTING THE ACT PASS
• QUEBEC:– SEES THAT IT HAS NO FRIENDS IN ONT.
OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT– THIS REKINDLES THE DEMAND FOR A
DISTINCT SOCIETY
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MACDONALD’S REIGN CONT…
• OTHER THAN THESE HURDLES (RECIPROCITY FAILURE AND JESUIT ESTATES ACT) LITTLE HAPPENS IN 1887-1891
• THERE IS THE MANITOBA SCHOOL’S ACT, BUT IT HOLDS LITTLE SWAY IN THE 1892 ELECTION
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1891 ELECTION
• LIBERALS HAVE NEW LEADER, SO THERE WILL BE A REAL ELECTION FOR THE FIRST TIME BETWEEN TWO UNIFIED POLITICAL PARTIES.
• WHILE LIBS WIN IN QUE, THEY FAIL TO UNIFY THE COUNTRY AGAINST MACDONALD
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1891 CONT…
• BY THIS TIME MACDONALD HAS BEEN IN POWER SINCE 1878 A PERIOD OF 13 YEARS. BEFORE THAT HE WAS IN POWER FROM 1867-1873
• MACDONALD WAS 75 YEARS OLD, AND CAMPAIGNED ON THE SLOGAN THE OLD MAN, THE OLD FLAG, AND THE OLD POLICY
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PLATFORMS• LAURIER HAD ESPOUSED CLOSER TIES
TO U.S.A. AND FREE TRADE.
• MACDONALD SAID CLOSER TIES MEANT ANNEXATION SO PLAYED THE LOYALTY TO BRITAIN AND FEAR OF U.S.A. CARD
• HE EQUATED LAURIER TO SOMEONE WHO WOULD SELL OUT THE INTERESTS OF THE NATION TO THE AMERICANS
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1891 RESULTS
• IN END CONSERVATIVES WIN 123-92
• LAURIER LEARNED A VALUABLE LESSON THAT DAY:– NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF THE
LOBBY OF BIG BUSINESS – AND THAT THE COUNTRY WAS STILL LEARY
OF MOVING TOWARD THE USA
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MACDONALD PASSES
• MACDONALD SERVES LITTLE OF HIS MANDATE
• HE IS OLD AND THE CAMPAIGN WORE HIM OUT
• WITHIN WEEKS OF HIS VICTORY HE SUFFERS A SERIES OF STROKES
• HE DIES 3 MONTHS AFTER ELECTION
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SCENE FROM MACDONALD’S FUNERAL
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CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP?
• WHO TO LEAD?
• D’ALTON MCCARTHY?– NOPE- TOO CONTROVERSIAL
• JOHN THOMPSON?– NOPE- TOO CATHOLIC
• JOHN ABBOTT?– SURE, WHY NOT?
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JOHN ABBOTT: 1891-1892
• HE IS A SENATOR SO COULD NOT EVEN ENTER THE HOUSE
• HIS ADMINISTRATION WAS ONLY TEMPORARY, AND HE REALLY DID NOT WANT THE JOB
• ABBOTT HIMSELF STATED THAT THE ONLY REASON HE WAS HERE WAS BECAUSE HE WAS PARTICULARLY OBNOXIOUS TO NO ONE
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JOHN ABBOTT
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JOHN ABBOTT CONT…
• WHILE PM FOR ONLY 17 MONTHS HE DID REFORM THE CIVIL SERVICE MAKING IT A MORE PROFESSIONAL GROUP WITH LESS PATRONAGE
• HE WAS LESS SUCCESSFUL BRIDGING THE GAP OVER THE MANITOBA SCHOOLS QUESTION
• HIS ABILITY CAN BEST BE SUMMED UP BY THE FACT THAT DURING HIS SHORT REIGN THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY WON 42 OF 52 BYE ELECTIONS
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JOHN THOMPSON: 1892-1894
• WITHIN A YEAR AND A HALF ABBOTT HAD RESIGNED CITING ILL HEALTH IN 1892
• AT THIS POINT THE CONSERVATIVES STILL HAVE NO ONE, SO THEY GO TO THOMPSON DESPITE HIS CATHOLICISM
• THOMPSON HAD REALLY BEEN RUNNING THE SHOW SINCE 1891 ANYWAY, SO THEY GAVE HIM THE MANTLE OF PM
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JOHN THOMPSON
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THOMPSON CONT…
• HE WAS ONLY 47 AND WAS FIRST MARITIMER TO BE PM
• FROM HALIFAX THOMPSON HAD BEEN A FORMER SUPREME COURT JUDGE AND WAS HAND PICKED BY MACDONALD TO BE CABINET MINISTER
• HE PASSED THE CRIMINAL CODE OF CANADA ACT ESTABLISHING FOR THE FIRST TIME A CODIFIED SYSTEM OF LAWS IN THE COUNTRY
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MACKENZIE BOWELL: 1894-1896
• THOMSON DIES OF A HEART ATTACK WHILE BEING KNIGHTED IN ENGLAND
• NOW WHO WILL BE PM?• G.G. WANTED BOWELL, BUT HE WAS
A SENATOR• CONSERVATIVES WANTED TUPPER• BOWELL WAS CHOSEN
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MACKENZIE BOWELL
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THE BOWELL MOVEMENT
• BECAUSE HE WAS FROM THE SENATE, AND NOT THE CHOICE OF THE PARTY HIS LEADERSHIP WAS NEVER SUPPORTED
• WHEN THAT HAPPENS YOUR LEADERSHIP CANNOT SURVIVE
• IN FACT HIS CABINET REVOLTED OVER THE MANITOBA SCHOOLS QUESTION
• BOWELL WAS OUSTED IN 1896
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CHARLES TUPPER: 1896
• 1896 SIR CHARLES TUPPER RETURNS FROM LONDON POSTING TO ASSUME ROLE OF PM
• HE IS FATHER OF CONFEDERATION AND MARITIMER BUT OLD AND WITH NO TIME TO PREPARE BEFORE THE ELECTION IN 1896
• IN FACT TUPPER SERVES AS PM FOR ONLY 10 WEEKS THE SHORTEST TERM IN HISTORY
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CHARLES TUPPER
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1896 ELECTIONS
• AS THE 1896 ELECTION COMES ABOUT, THE CONSERVATIVES HAVE GONE THROUGH 5 LEADERS IN 5 YEARS
• NO LONGER CAN THEY BE CALLED A UNITED PARTY, NOR CAN THEY CALL ON LOYALTY TO THEIR FOUNDER
• BY NOW LAURIER HAS UNITED THE LIBERALS
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LAURIER WINS!
• IN END THE LIBERALS GET THEIR FIRST ELECTION VICTORY SINCE MACKENZIE’S OF 1874
• NOW WILFRID LAURIER TAKES OVER THE REINS OF THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE
• LAURIER’S FIRST TEST WILL BE THE MANITOBA SCHOOLS QUESTION