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Davis, Jack - Interview

Item number (ISN):

389312

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1980-12-10

Item number (ISN):

389312

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

STURSBERG, Peter

Accession:

1980-0149

Media:

Sound

Part:

5 of 5

Production date:

1980-12-10

Production company:

Peter Stursberg ((Interviewer)

Production credit:

interviewer, Peter Stursberg

Description:

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Interview of the Honourable Jack Davis, Social Credit Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for North Vancouver/Seymour; former Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Coast/Capilano and Minister of the Environment in the Trudeau government, by author Peter Stursberg, about: his family background; his parents; his childhood in Tranquille Valley and in Kamloops; homesteading in the B.C. interior; remittance men; Shuswap Indians; institution of the Labour Day holiday; Jack Davis; his early interest in politics; education and athletic pursuits in Kamloops; his activities while studying engineering at the University of British Columbia (1933-1938); his summer jobs; scholarships; basketball in Victoria in the 1930s; politics in B.C. in the 1930s; Gordon Shrum; Jack Davis; taking up his Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford University in 1939; his return to Canada to aid the war effort; his work on high explosives at McGill University from 1940-1942; high explosives used during World War II; RDX (methite); plastic bombs; Jack Davis; his marriage to Margaret Worthing in 1942; his decision to join the RCAF. in 1943; his secondment to Turbo Research to work on jet engine development 1944-1946; jet engine development in Canada and Britain; Par Jets (Eng.); Frank Whittle; the Orenda (a Canadian jet); Atlantic convoys circa 1940; the 'Rawalpindia'; trans-Atlantic flights; British and German use of jets during World War II; Jack Davis; continuing his Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford studying politics, philosophy and economics from 1946-1948; his athletic pursuits; Oxford's hockey and basketball teams circa 1946-1948; Jack Davis; his return to Canada in 1948; his work with the Department of Reconstruction and Supply; with the Department of Defence Production and the Department of Trade and Commerce (1948-1956); Sandy Skelton; "dollar-a-year" men; C.D. Howe; Trans-Canada (gas) pipeline; the pipeline route, constructionm costs and financing; the Liberal Cabinet circa 1956; Walter Harris; the postwar Canadian economy; foreign ownership; Doug Abbott; creation of Trans-Canada Air Lines (now Air Canada); Jack Davis' memories of C.D. Howe; anecdotes; Canadian energy policy in the 1950s with regard to oil; gas; atomic energy and coal; Walter Gordon; Walter Harris; Davis' work on the Royal Commission on Canada's Economic Prospects (1956-1958); his report on energy prospects; Canadian industrial and economic development; Robert Winters; General A.G.L. McNaughton; W.A.C. Bennett; Columbia River Treaty; the treaty negotiations, downstream benefits and criticisms; Jack Davis; his experiences as Director of Research and Planning at British Columbia Electric 1956-1962; Dow Grauer; the B.C. Power Commission's takeover of B.C. Electric 1961; Gordon Shrum; Hugh Keenleyside; comparison of C.D. Howe and W.A.C. Bennett; B.C. politics in the 1950s and 1960s; Liberal Party of Canada in B.C.; the Vancouver "ginger" group of 1962; Jack Davis; his decision to join the Liberal Party; his nomination as Liberal candidate for Coast/Capilano; his election in 1962; the 1962 federal election; Arthur Laing; the Liberal Party opposition 1962-1963; the nuclear arms question in 1962; Lester B. Pearson; the 1963 federal election 1963; and Davis' appointment as Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Pearson. <5h 3mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Transcript available in the Peter Stursberg fonds.~2. The sound recording of the interview(s) and/or transcript(s) made from the interview(s) conducted on 10 December 1981 are available for public access after the February 1981. All claims of copyright by the interviewer or interviewee are hereby waived to ensure the widest possible access for research and publication.~3. First interview in a series of three.~4. Recorded by Peter Stursberg in Victoria, British Columbia for the joint Library of Parliament-Public Archives of Canada oral history project.~5. Jack Davis died on March 27, 1991.

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Vault ISN:

459205

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C02761

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER
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GENCAT identity number:

MSS 22018

Reproduction access:

Crown copyright : no donor restrictions : interviewee restrictions vary : see notes

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