The series consists of 20 original editorial and/or political cartoons, and 1 non-representational drawing , which comprise artworks by various Canadian artists / cartoonists, and which, for the most part, have been published and/or syndicated in major newspapers across Canada, during the period 1966-1972. These works satirize and/or lampoon various persons, issues or events associated with the political career of the Hon. Edgar John Benson P.C., B.Com., (b. 1923). Among the artists whose works are represented in this series are the following: Robert Chambers for "The Herald"; John Collins for "The Gazette"; Edward Franklin for "The Globe and Mail"; Ken Jackson for CFPL-TV(?), (London Ont.); John Yardley Jones for "The Telegram"; Rusins Kaufmanis for "The Ottawa Citizen"; Duncan Macpherson for "The Toronto Star"; Edward McNally for "The Montreal Star"; H. Martin for unknown magazine; Len Norris for "The Vancouver Sun"; Lester Pearson (a drawing/"Doodle" done while in caucus, during a discussion period; James Reidford for "The Globe and Mail"; Merle Tingley for the "London Free Press"; Ben Wicks for "The Telegram"(?); and (?) Wilson for "The Fisherman". Political themes and/or events represented in the series include the following: the Pearson Government's unsuccessful (?) measures to combat inflation; Revenue Minister Edgar Benson's measures to track down tax evaders; the Pearson Government's reaction to the possibility of a postal strike before Christmas; letter carrier dissatisfaction with their new postal settlement; the Pearson Government's subsidies to private industry in economically depressed areas like the Maritimes adversely affected by Federal austerity measures; the Trudeau Government's austerity program; the Canadian economy and the investor; Edgar Benson (portrait); Edgar Benson's retirement from political life(?); the Robarts Government's appeal for more funding from the Trudeau Government, for the Province of Ontario, rejected by Finance Minister Edgar Benson; the image of the Trudeau Government's program of fiscal restraint; income tax forms and the tax payer; the perceived effects of the Trudeau Government's proposed income tax increase on the Canadian tax payer; Edgar Benson the target of public demand for income tax relief; John Turner replaces Edgar Benson as Finance Minister in the Trudeau Cabinet; John Turner and the frustrations of the finance portfolio (photo); the state of the Maritime fisheries (photo); Finance Minister Edgar Benson's "Mini Budget" (photo); Finance Minister Edgar Benson's new tax on tobacco; the Trudeau Government's predictions for the Canadian economy; Finance Minister Edgar Benson's proposed (?) tax on charitable contributions; the Nixon administration's imposition of a 10% surcharge on Canadian manufactured goods; US attempts to control the Canadian economy (photo); the Trudeau Government's 1969 "White Paper on Taxation" and the reaction of the Senate Banking Committee (photo); and the Trudeau Government's 1969 "White Paper on Taxation" versus the 1971 "Tax Reform". -- Among the various political and/or public personages represented/depicted in the series are the following: [Canadian] Edgar Benson; John Robarts; Mitchell Sharp; Pierre Elliot Trudeau; and John Turner. [Foreign] US Treasury Secretary John Connally. [Other] Santa Claus.