Mike Starr of Oshawa

A Political Biography

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Mike Starr had a remarkable career in Canadian politics. In June 1957, he was appointed Minister of Labour in John Diefenbaker's cabinet and created a sensation, especially among Canadian ethnocultural groups. He made political history as the first Ukrainian Canadian appointed to federal cabinet. As Minister of Labour, Starr was faced with numerous national problems, including seasonal unemployment, regional disparities, union negotiations and emerging militant nationalism in Quebec. When the Diefenbaker government was defeated in the 1963 federal election, Starr returned to his earlier role as Member of Parliament. With the changing Canadian political environment, he was defeated by a tiny margin in the 1968 federal election. Starr continued his distinguished career of public service from 1968 to 1980. He promoted the increasing involvement of ethnocultural groups in Canada political life. In recent decades, it has become a political norm to have members of various ethnocultural and visible minority groups elected to the House of Commons, and appointed to Cabinet and other senior government positions. For breaking this barrier, Mike Starr was indeed a pioneer in Canadian politics.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-01-23
Mått171 x 241 x 17 mm
Vikt666 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieMercury
Antal sidor242
FörlagUniversity of Ottawa Press
ISBN9780776625911

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AbstractRésuméAcknowledgementsForewordIntroductionChapter 1: The Early YearsChapter 2: Oshawa Municipal Politics 1944–1952Chapter 3: Election Campaign for Ontario Riding, 1952Chapter 4: Member of Parliament, 1952–1957Chapter 5: Appointment as Minister of Labour, 1957Chapter 6: The 1958 Federal ElectionChapter 7: Minister of Labour, 1958Chapter 8: Minister of Labour, 1959Chapter 9: Minister of Labour, 1960Chapter 10: Minister of Labour, 1961Chapter 11: Minister of Labour, 1962Chapter 12: Politics in Ontario Riding, 1962Chapter 13: Minister of Labour in a Minority Government, 1962-1963Chapter 14: The 1963 Federal ElectionChapter 15: Member of Parliament and House Leader, 1963–1965Chapter 16: The 1965 Federal Election in OntarioChapter 17: The Leadership Race, 1967Chapter 18: The 1968 Federal ElectionChapter 19: Public Service, 1968–1973Chapter 20: Public Service, 1973-1988Chapter 21: Final Years and Mike Starr’s LegacyBibliography

Through politics and cultural performances, different communities engageand confront the hegemonic state in different ways. Both Perogies and Politics and Mike Starr of Oshawa show therole that politics and culture has played in the Canadian Ukrainian community.While Rhonda Hinther looks at the history of the Ukrainian left in Canada, fromits struggles to its successes, Myron Momryk looks at the political career ofone Ukrainian man, Mike Starr, and what his career meant for the larger postwarUkrainian community. Reviewed along with Rhonda L. Hinther : Perogies and Politics: Canada's Ukrainian Left, 1891–1991 (University of Toronto Press)