Poisoned Chalice: How the Tories Self-Destructed

by David McLaughlin

Book Overview

Poisoned Chalice chronicles the fateful end of the federal Progressive Conservative government in Ottawa. The Progressive Conservative Party sought to remake itself by choosing the first woman prime minister in Canadian history, but failed to heed the lessons of Meech or Charlottetown. Their strategy nearly worked. By the time the election was called, the Tories were neck and neck with Jean Chr tien's Liberals. Then it all fell apart. This book,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550022202
• ISBN13: 9781550022209
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"