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Lord Elgin: Voice of the People
195928 min 58 secFilm: Fiction
Direction: Julian Biggs
Production: Thomas FarleyGuy Glover
Script: Charles Cohen
This man's faith in the right of people to rule themselves was stronger than the threat of the mob or his own fear of failure. Successor to Durham, he saw established the principles on which Canadian government stands today.
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Subject categories
- Politics and Government - Canada > Colonial and Territorial GovernmentGovernors-generalPortraitsResponsible Government Pre-1867
- History - Canada - Pre-1867 > Politics and GovernmentPortraits
- History > Canada under British Rule (1764-1867)
- Social Studies > Canadian Politics and Government
- History and Citizenship Education > Official Powers and Countervailing Powers (1608-present)Struggles in the British Colony (1791-1850)
Credits
- director
- Julian Biggs
- producer
- Thomas Farley
- executive producer
- Guy Glover
- script
- Charles Cohen
- photography
- John Gunn
- sound
- Claude Pelletier
- sound editing
- Stuart Baker
- re-recording
- Ron Alexander
- music
- Robert Fleming
- cast
- Andrew Allen
- Robert Goodier
- Michael Kane
- Sandra Scott
- Lucien Watier
- Alexander Webster