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McDonald, Alexander Hamilton - Interview

Item number (ISN):

389396

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1979-08-20

Item number (ISN):

389396

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

STURSBERG, Peter

Accession:

1979-0133

Media:

Sound

Part:

5 of 5

Production date:

1979-08-20

Production company:

Peter Stursberg (Interviewer)

Production credit:

interviewer, Peter Stursberg

Description:

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Interview of Senator Alexander Hamilton "Hammy" McDonald; former leader of the Liberal Party in Saskatchewan (1954-1959) and Minister of Agriculture and Deputy Premier of Saskatchewan (1964-1965); by author Peter Stursberg, about: his experiences with the Department of War Finance campaigning for Victory Bonds; Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) wartime conditions; accommodations; British hospitality; Royal Canadian Legion; the Caterpillar and Goldfish Clubs; his return to farming in 1945; his election as a Liberal-Progressive Conservative to the Saskatchewan Legislature in 1948 for Moosomin; Slatts Gillis; the RCAF; awarding of medals and commissions; his wife Madeleine Anne Casey; the Saskatchewan government circa 1948 and afterwards; Rupert Ramsay; Walter Tucker; McDonald's decision to join the Liberal Party; his political philosophy; liberalism; Liberal Party of Canada; Tommy Douglas as premier of Saskatchewan; C.M. Fines; James G. Gardiner; McDonald's election and experiences as leader of the Liberal Party of Saskatchewan 1954-1959; financial support for political parties; the development of Saskatchewan; diversification of Saskatchewan's economy; potash industry in Saskatchewan; Alan Blakeney; the history of Medicare in Saskatchewan; his resignation in 1959 from the Saskatchewan Liberal Party due to health problems; Ross Thatcher; James G. Gardiner; the 'Gardiner machine'; his contribution to Western Canada; John G. Diefenbaker; the South Saskatchewan River project (Gardiner Dam) which created Diefenbaker Lake; and Douglas Park); the 1958 federal election; Wilfrid Gardiner; the 1964 Saskatchewan provincial election; the Liberal victory; Woodrow Lloyd; McDonald's experiences as Deputy Premier and Minister of Agriculture of Saskatchewan 1964-1965; the Liberal government of Saskatchewan from 1964 onwards; the change of government; right to land ownership; Saskatchewan agriculture; Lester B. Pearson; McDonald's appointment to the Senate in 1965; the federal Department of Agriculture circa 1965; the House of Commons; Question Period; his views on the Senate; his experiences as Assistant Leader of the government in the Senate from November 1968 - 1971; and Chief Whip in 1969; the U.N. General Assembly; the North Atlantic Assembly; defence cooperation; peace through strength; SALT II; the Soviet Union; unification of the Canadian armed forces; Pierre Elliott Trudeau; Senate reform; bilingualism and; its implementation in the Armed Forces; and the failure of the Liberal Party outside Quebec. <4h 13mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Transcript available in the Peter Stursberg fonds.~2. Recorded by Peter Stursberg in Ottawa for the joint Library of Parliament-Public Archives of Canada oral history project. ~3. Release form indicates: Rights, title, interest and copyright assigned to "Her Majesty"; physical ownership retained by "Her Majesty"; and tape recordings and transcripts were opened for research as of publication of Stursberg's book on Lester B. Pearson entitled Lester Pearson and the American dilemma, published in 1980.~4. Alexander Hamilton McDonald died on 31 March 1980.~4. Second of two interviews.

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Vault ISN:

460391

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C02486
C02487

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

MSS 22018

Reproduction access:

Crown copyright : no donor restrictions : with written permission of interviewee

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