Bill Davis
Nation Builder, and Not So Bland After All
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Dundurn Group Ltd
Published:15th Dec '16
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2016 Ontario Historical Society Donald Grant Creighton Award — Winner
A National Post Bestseller, The Hill Times: Best Books of 2016, 2016 Speaker's Book Award — Shortlisted
The first authorized biography of Bill Davis, the enigmatic Ontario premier who carried on a Tory dynasty, but was also a crucial Trudeau supporter.
A biography of one of Ontario’s most important premiers, who, despite having been out of public life for more than thirty years, is remembered fondly by many as the father of the community college system, TVO, OISE, and was indispensable in repatriating the Canadian Constitution with an accompanying Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Before he became premier, Davis was perhaps the most important education minister in Ontario history, responsible for the creation of the community college system and TVOntario. As premier, he went on to lead Ontario through buoyant and recessionary economic times, leaving a legacy Ontarians continue to enjoy. Now 87, Davis still lives on Main Street in his beloved Brampton.
The book’s examination of Davis’s lengthy political run is, in many ways, a thing of beauty. * Literary Review of Canada *
A must read not just for political junkies but for anyone who cares about the people and politics that built this province — written in a readable, totally absorbing way. * Toronto Sun *
Steve Paikin is an exception, just as his book on former Ontario premier Bill Davis is exceptional. * Troy Media *
An affectionate recounting of the era. * Toronto Star *
- Winner of Ontario Historical Society Donald Grant Creighton Award 2016 (Canada)
- Short-listed for Speaker's Book Award 2016 (Canada)
ISBN: 9781459731752
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 44mm
Weight: 1134g
584 pages