Paternalism and Politics: Sir Francis Bond Head, the Orange Order, and the Election of 1836
@article{Cadigan1991PaternalismAP, title={Paternalism and Politics: Sir Francis Bond Head, the Orange Order, and the Election of 1836}, author={Sean T. Cadigan}, journal={The Canadian Historical Review}, year={1991}, volume={72}, pages={319 - 347} }
maintenance of the imperial connection. On the basis of this belief, the lieutenant-governor acted in ways that polarized Upper Canadian politics on the issue of loyalty to bring about a favourable resolution for the Tory faction.' Subsequent work variously characterized Head as a fool, as a self-defined political cavalier, or as a thug who rigged elections through violence and intimidation in the cause of Upper Canadian loyalism versus American republicanism. • Recent work still leaves Head as…
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