RIVALS FOR POWER?
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: This is a study of Edward Blake and Alexander
Mackenzie, the two most important men in the Liberal
Party of Canada in the immediate post-Confederation
period. The difficulties faced by its leader, Alexander
Mackenzie, are studied, and particular examination is
made of Edward Blake’s reluctance to serve as a loyal
cabinet minister and subordinate of Mackenzie. The
general conclusion is that Edward Blake’s latent desire
to attain the party leadership was activated, fro 1 time
to time, by friends and/or ’intriguers', thus accounting
for the rather enigmatic behavior of Blake as he pursued
the position held by Mackenzie.