The legacy of Gordon Sidney Harrington 1909-1925

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dc.contributor.advisor Reid, John G., 1948-
dc.coverage.spatial Nova Scotia
dc.creator MacDonald, Carole E.
dc.date.accessioned 2014-08-11T18:12:16Z
dc.date.available 2014-08-11T18:12:16Z
dc.date.issued 2014
dc.identifier.other FC2325.1 H37 M33 2014
dc.identifier.uri http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/25859
dc.description 121 leaves ; 29 cm.
dc.description Includes abstract.
dc.description Includes bibliographical references (leaves 115-121).
dc.description.abstract Gordon Sidney Harrington served as Premier of Nova Scotia from 1930 to 1933. However, this investigation ends with his election to the Nova Scotia Legislature in 1925 and covers important but little known aspects of his career. From being mayor of Glace Bay, he raised, trained and led “B” Company of the 185th Cape Breton Highlanders overseas in the First World War. He served at the Front, then became Deputy Minister Canadian Forces Overseas. He was instrumental in Canada’s gaining control of its forces, he negotiated the financial settlement with the British War Office and oversaw the repatriation of Canadians after the war. Back in Cape Breton he defended known communists. Taking on the British Empire Steel Corporation, which consistently abused its employees, led him into politics. Within his first year as Minister of Public Works and Mines he quelled years of tumult in the coal fields of Nova Scotia. en_CA
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dc.publisher Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University
dc.subject.lcc FC2325.1.H37
dc.subject.lcsh Harrington, Gordon Sidney, 1883-1943
dc.subject.lcsh Politicians -- Nova Scotia -- Biography
dc.subject.lcsh Premiers (Canada) -- Nova Scotia -- Biography
dc.subject.lcsh Nova Scotia -- Politics and government -- 20th century
dc.title The legacy of Gordon Sidney Harrington 1909-1925 en_CA
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thesis.degree.name Master of Arts in Atlantic Canada Studies
thesis.degree.level Masters
thesis.degree.discipline Atlantic Canada Studies Program
thesis.degree.grantor Saint Mary's University (Halifax, N.S.)
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