Honest Enough to Be Bold: The Life and Times of Sir James Pliny Whitney

by Charles W. Humphries

On a promise of 'Clean, Uncorrupt, and Incorruptible Government, ' James Pliny Whitney marked the end of an era of Liberal rule that had lasted for over three decades, and introduced to the province a new, 'progressive' brand of conservatism. As this lively biography demonstrates, Whitney was a gruff and forceful leader. He had a keen understanding of the social and technological forces that were changing Ontario so dramatically in the early twentieth...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802034209
• ISBN13: 9780802034205
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Ontario Historical Studies Series
• Length: 304 Pages