From now on, anything related to my wikibox-based TL's will be posted here. It'll save people time looking for them, and I won't have to compete with anybody else for attention. My current series, Bracken over Socialism, will be reposted here for convenience, as well all further updates to it.
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Bracken over Socialism
Canadian Federal Election 1944
The 20th election campaign in Canadian history proved to be the undoing of one of Canada’s greatest political leaders, and a crushing blow to a party which had served as the government, off and on, for a combined 38 years. A realignment of Canadian politics in a manner not previously seen in the country’s 78-year history, it saw the rise of two new political entities, the more radically leftist political entity, the Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation, and the more moderate, small-c Progressive Conservative Party. The Tories had grown desperate since their third defeat by the hands of the Liberal leader and recruited the popular, long-time serving Progressive Premier of Manitoba, John Bracken, going as far as to change the name of their party in order to cement his conversion to their ranks. The CCF meanwhile had secured their breakthrough in Saskatchewan under Tommy Douglas, which resulted in some pollsters predicting that the Federal branch under M.J. Coldwell would ride the momentum to the government benches.
Although many Liberals hoped that the tactics of their leader and the advantage of incumbency during a period of global spanning war would be enough to secure them yet another mandate to govern the country, voters had grown tired of the Liberal scandals and the government’s inability to handle the issue of conscription, and issue which had previously divided the country in half during the Great War. King’s previous inability to please both sides resulted in the abandonment by several of his Quebec Cabinet Ministers, who in turned formed yet another political entity called the Bloc Populaire.
The internal civil war, coupled with a popular Tory leader and a surging CCF proved too much for the Liberal brand, who found themselves for the first time in their history, relegated to third place, albeit narrowly. John Bracken had become the first Premier in Canadian history to be elected Prime Minister and would not only be challenged to see an end to the war in Europe, but to face the new leader of the official opposition, M.J. Coldwell.
Bracken over Socialism
1944
I typically don't do requests, unless I find them incredibly interesting. I'm picky like that.
Bracken over Socialism
Canadian Federal Election 1944
The 20th election campaign in Canadian history proved to be the undoing of one of Canada’s greatest political leaders, and a crushing blow to a party which had served as the government, off and on, for a combined 38 years. A realignment of Canadian politics in a manner not previously seen in the country’s 78-year history, it saw the rise of two new political entities, the more radically leftist political entity, the Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation, and the more moderate, small-c Progressive Conservative Party. The Tories had grown desperate since their third defeat by the hands of the Liberal leader and recruited the popular, long-time serving Progressive Premier of Manitoba, John Bracken, going as far as to change the name of their party in order to cement his conversion to their ranks. The CCF meanwhile had secured their breakthrough in Saskatchewan under Tommy Douglas, which resulted in some pollsters predicting that the Federal branch under M.J. Coldwell would ride the momentum to the government benches.
Although many Liberals hoped that the tactics of their leader and the advantage of incumbency during a period of global spanning war would be enough to secure them yet another mandate to govern the country, voters had grown tired of the Liberal scandals and the government’s inability to handle the issue of conscription, and issue which had previously divided the country in half during the Great War. King’s previous inability to please both sides resulted in the abandonment by several of his Quebec Cabinet Ministers, who in turned formed yet another political entity called the Bloc Populaire.
The internal civil war, coupled with a popular Tory leader and a surging CCF proved too much for the Liberal brand, who found themselves for the first time in their history, relegated to third place, albeit narrowly. John Bracken had become the first Premier in Canadian history to be elected Prime Minister and would not only be challenged to see an end to the war in Europe, but to face the new leader of the official opposition, M.J. Coldwell.
Bracken over Socialism
1944
