The Diefenbaker Revival: The Rise and Fall of the Diefenbaker Governments

In this podcast episode, Greg Marchildon interviews John Courtney, the author of a new book on the history of the rise and fall of Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker’s governments. Revival and Change: The 1957 and 1958 Diefenbaker Elections, published by UBC Press in December 2022, provides an interesting account of the elections as well as the path to Diefenbaker’s victories, including the challenges and characteristics that shaped it. It is a story of the influential and significant era in Canadian history and its legacy in Canadian politics. John Courtney is currently Senior Fellow in Residence at the Johnson Sciama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Saskatchewan campus. He has written extensively on political institutions, Royal commissions and elections in Canada. This podcast was produced by Jessica Schmidt. Photo credit: Louis Jacques. Library and Archives Canada, C-080883 If you like our work, please consider supporting it: bit.ly/support_WTY. Your support contributes to the Champlain Society’s mission of opening new windows to directly explore and experience Canada’s past.