CANADIAN PRIME MINISTERS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS: PATTERNS OF INTERVENTION
In: The journal of legislative studies, Band 2, Heft 3, S. 145-171
ISSN: 1357-2334
THIS ARTICLE EXPLORES THE PARLIAMENTARY ACTIVITY OF SIX CANADIAN PRIME MINISTERS FROM ST. LAURENT TO MULRONEY. THE ARTICLE COMPARES AND CONTRASTS THE PRIME MINISTERS IN TERMS OF THEIR POLITICAL PERSONALITIES AND EXPLORES THE OVERALL SCOPE AND CHARACTEDR OF PRIME-MINISTERIAL ACTIVISM IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS THROUGHOUT THE PAST 40 YEARS. CANADIAN PROFILES ARE COMPARED WITH ALREADY EXISTING BRITISH DATA IN ORDER TO TEST GENERALIZATIONS CONCERNING THE DIMINISHING PRESENCE OF PRIME MINISTERS IN PARLIAMENTS IN CANADA AND BRITAIN.