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The Canadian edition of Campaigns & Elections magazine will feature in every issue a selection of top three books about Canadian politics written by Canadians.
In this issue Adam Daifallah offers his top 3 selections for our readers.
Contenders: The Tory Quest for Power
By Patrick Martin, Allan Gregg and George Perlin Prentice-Hall Canada, 1983.
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WHen A PoliTiCAl scientist, a political journalist and a pollster get together to write a book, you get this: a fun and interesting insider account of a party leadership convention. Contenders chronicles how Brian Mulroney took the 1983 Conservative leadership, including all the backroom machinations and personality clashes. Chock full of anecdotes and quotes from the important players. Also features polling data about the attitudes and opinions of del- egates. A must read for anyone wanting to understand the modern Tory party.
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Submit your Top 3 for consideration to our associate editor Bernie Morton,
bmorton@campaignsandelections.com
Adam Daifallah, a Montreal-based lawyer, university lecturer and journalist, is co-author of Rescuing Canada’s Right: Blueprint for a Conservative Revolution.
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Playing for Keeps: The Making of the Prime Minister, 1988
By Graham Fraser McClelland & Stewart, 1989
ReGARded By MAny as the best book ever written about a Canadian election campaign, capturing all the drama, vitriol and emotion of the epic 1988 Free Trade battle. Graham Fraser, then of the Toronto Star and now Canada’s Commissioner of Official Languages, had a front-row seat for all the action and offers a nuanced and balanced view of that consequential race, with plenty of colour.
Both My Houses: From Politics to Priesthood
By Sean O’Sullivan, with Rod McQueen Key Porter Books, 1986
My FAvouRiTe PoliTiCAl autobiography. O’Sullivan was the then-youngest person ever elected to Parliament, at age 20. But he quickly grew disenchanted with public life and became a Catholic priest, only to die of cancer at age 37 when he was publisher of the Catholic Register. A staunch right-winger and dye-in-the-wool Diefenbaker loyalist, this book touches on themes such as loyalty, faith, personal fulfillment and reconciling with past enemies.
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