| Description |
1 online resource (x, 322 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; 1. Introduction; 2. "Just Say No": The Constitutional Debate; 3. Legacy: The Mulroney Government; 4. Leadership '93: The Race That Never Was; 5. Countdown: Campbell Takes Charge; ILLUSTRATIONS; 6. Sunset at Sunrise: The Tories Debut -- Campaign '93; 7. Meltdown: The Tories Collapse -- Campaign '93; 8. Conclusion: Whodunnit?; 9. Epilogue: "And Then There Were Two"; NOTES; INDEX. |
| Summary |
Poisoned Chalice chronicles the fateful end of the feredral Progressive Conservative government in Ottawa. In a day-by-day account of an election campaign seemingly doomed to disaster Poisoned Chalice covers the strategy, tactics and political machinations that drove the Condervative campaign from the point of view of someone on the bus. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
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Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. |
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Canada. Parliament -- Elections, 1993.
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Canada. Parliament. |
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Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada. |
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Canada. Parlement -- Élections, 1993. |
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Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. |
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Canada. Parliament. |
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Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada. |
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Canada. Parlement. |
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Canada -- Politics and government -- 1980-
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Canada. |
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1980- |
| Subject |
Canada -- Politics and government -- 1984-1993. |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1980 |
| Indexed Term |
Elections Campaigns |
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Canada |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McLaughlin, David, 1957- Poisoned chalice. Toronto ; Niagara Falls, N.Y. : Dundurn Press, ©1994 1550022202 9781550022209 (DLC) 95108986 (OCoLC)31289009 |
| ISBN |
9781554882663 electronic book |
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1554882664 electronic book |
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9781459718586 electronic book |
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1459718585 electronic book |
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1550022202 |
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9781550022209 |
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