Skip to main content Skip to search Skip to search

Biography & Autobiography Entertainment & Performing Arts

William Irvine

The Life of a Prairie Radical

by (author) Anthony Mardiros

Publisher
James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Initial publish date
Jan 1979
Category
Entertainment & Performing Arts
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780888622372
    Publish Date
    Jan 1979
    List Price
    $16.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780888622389
    Publish Date
    Jan 1979
    List Price
    $45.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781552772287
    Publish Date
    Feb 2008
    List Price
    $45.00

Classroom Resources

Where to buy it

Description

Along with J.S. Woodsworth, William Irvine was one of the pioneers of socialism in Canada, a member of the radical Ginger Group, progenitor of the C.C.F. and N.D.P.

In the wake of the First World War Irvine struggled relentlessly to organize Alberta farmers for political action. Elected to Parliament in 1921, he along with close friend Woodsworth were the sole labour representatives in the House: they worked incessantly against the monopoly power of large corporations and financial institutions. Together they laid the basis for a socialist challenge to the Eastern-dominated, two-party system in Canada.

William Irvine: The Life of a Prairie Radical chronicles his immense contribution to the search for political alternatives in this country, a contribution that can still be felt in Canadian politics today.

About the author

ANTHONY MARDIROS is a professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Alberta.

Anthony Mardiros' profile page