Alberta Catholic Politicians
Alberta Catholic Politicians

Author: Austin Mardon

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 73

ISBN-13: 1897472897

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During the 20th century, Catholics accounted for approximately one third of the province's population, and their influence has extended into the political realm. This resource is meant to be an objective collection of brief biographical entries featuring Catholic politicians in Alberta, both on provincial and federal elections. The author, Dr. Austin Mardon, has published other references of Alberta politicians including those featuring Mormons and Anglicans. He is involved in an ongoing project to chronicle all of Alberta's politicians, past and present.

Political Networks in Alberta: 1905-1992
Political Networks in Alberta: 1905-1992

Author: Austin Mardon

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-08

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 1897472730

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"The aim of this dissertation is to seek an understanding of political social structure in a Canadian province though the study of social relations. The result is a better understanding of ties among Alberta politicians"-Quoted from the introduction. This is the first study of political networks in Alberta during the period of 1905-1992 using the methodology of network theory. A statistical analysis was performed using a compilation of a wide range of published historical data. Important evidence of family linkages, ethnicity, religious affiliations, professional and occupational networks, and business linkages was discovered. A model of political life is indicated and used to show the effect of these elites. Suggestions are made to get better accountability and a broader representation of the general populace.

Mapping Alberta's Political Leadership
Mapping Alberta's Political Leadership

Author: Austin Mardon

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 1897472307

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This book presents information taken from a variety of sources, including newspapers, records, and interviews, to give an account of Alberta's political leadership. Although no attempt has been made here to analyze voting patterns and behaviours, or to provide a detailed narrative account of individual election campaigns, much of the political history of Alberta can be read in theses biographical profiles.

Alberta Ethnic German Politicians
Alberta Ethnic German Politicians

Author: Ernest G. Mardon

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 1897472285

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This book is a compendium of Alberta politicians who are considered to be ethnically German. Using a variety of sources, the idea behind this manuscript is that researchers will have an excellent starting point when tracing ethnic lineages in Alberta's political history

Religion and Canadian Party Politics
Religion and Canadian Party Politics

Author: David Rayside

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2017-06-07

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 0774835613

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Religion is usually thought of as inconsequential to contemporary Canadian politics. Religion and Canadian Party Politics takes a hard look at just how much influence faith continues to have in federal, provincial, and territorial political arenas. Drawing on case studies from across the country, this book explores three important axes of religiously based contention in Canada. Early on, there were the denominational distinctions between Catholics and Protestants that shaped party oppositions. Since the 1960s, a newly politicized divide opened between religious conservatives and political reformers. Then from the 1990s on, sporadic controversy has centred on the recognition of non-Christian religious minority rights. Although the extent of partisan engagement with each of these sources of conflict has varied across time and region, this book shows that religion still matters in shaping party politics . This detailed look at the play of religiously based conflict and accommodation in Canada fills a large gap and pulls us back from overly simplified comparisons with the United States. More broadly, this book also compares the role of faith in politics in Canada to that of other Western industrialized societies.

In Search of Canadian Political Culture
In Search of Canadian Political Culture

Author: Nelson Wiseman

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2011-11-01

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 0774840617

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What do we really mean by phrases such as "western Canadian political culture," "the centrist political culture of Ontario," "Red Toryism in the Maritimes," or "Prairie socialism"? What historical, geographical, and sociological factors came into play as these cultures were forged? In this book, Nelson Wiseman addresses many such questions, offering new ways of conceiving Canadian political culture. The most thorough review of the national political ethos written in a generation, In Search of Canadian Political Culture offers a bottom-up, regional analysis that challenges how we think and write about Canada.

Alberta's Political Pioneers
Alberta's Political Pioneers

Author: Austin Albert Mardon

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 1897472129

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Come explore the history of Albertas rich political landscape and learn about the people who shaped the face of a province. Within these pages, youll meet the men and women who forged the politics of the region during the Roaring Twenties and the height of the Great Depression.

Alberta's Local Governments: Politics and Democracy
Alberta's Local Governments: Politics and Democracy

Author: Jack Masson

Publisher: University of Alberta

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 624

ISBN-13: 9780888642516

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During the last decade, Alberta municipalities have endured hardships they have not faced since the Great Depression. Changes in the province's political structures appear to have been made primarily to transfer a greater share of the costs of local government to the municipalities, yet surprisingly few municipal politicians have resisted the province's financial policies.

Alberta Anglican Politicians
Alberta Anglican Politicians

Author: Austin Mardon

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2013-05-17

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 1897472870

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Alberta Anglican Politicians features a series of short biographies of over a century's worth of Anglican politicians. During these men's and women's remarkable lives, all of them at one point of their life have found themselves living in the province of Alberta. They would all later go on to contribute the political system of Alberta and Canada by sitting in the Legislature or the House of Commons.

The Liberals in Power in Alberta 1905-1921
The Liberals in Power in Alberta 1905-1921

Author: Austin Mardon

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 1897480083

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A compilation of Alberta provincial and federal candidates from 1905-1921, a time dominated by the Liberal Party. Brief biographical accounts of each individual serve to portray Alberta's history through the actions and interactions of the politically inclined. As a reference material, Alberta Liberals in Power is structured to be both comprehensive and accessible to any casual or professional researcher. It examines the backgrounds of statesman without the intrusion of partiality that political texts often fall prey to. Compiled by Dr. Ernest Mardon and Dr. Austin Mardon, C.M. as part of a larger opus on the histories of Alberta's politicians.