John Diefenbaker

Contents

1 “I’m going to be prime minister!”

2 Lawyer for the Defence

3 Running for Election

4 Member of Parliament

5 Leader of the Opposition

6 Prime Minister of Canada

8 Collision Course

9 “Everybody’s against me but the people.”

10 “Washed Up”

Epilogue: The Final Whistle Stop Campaign

Chronology of
John George Diefenbaker (1895–1979)

Acknowledgments and Recommended Further Reading