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William Lewis Morton ( 1908- 1980) was a noted Canadian historian who specialized in the development of the Canadian west . He was born in Gladstone, Manitoba but won a Rhodes Scholarship and attended Oxford University where he studied history. He returned to Canada first teaching at the University of Manitoba and then at Trent University. Morton was a strong supporter of the Progressive Conservative Party but was very much a Red Tory. He died in Red Deer, Alberta in 1980.Works
- Third Crossing: A History of the Town and District of Gladstone in the Province of Manitoba - 1946
- The Progressive Party in Canada - 1950 (Winner of the 1950 Governor General's Award for Nonfiction)
- The London Correspondence Inward from Eden Colvile 1849-1852 - 1956
- Alexander Begg's Red River Journal and Other Papers Relative to the Red River Resistance of 1869-70 - 1956
- Manitoba: A History - 1957Events January January 2 San Francisco and Los Angeles stock exchanges merge. January 3 Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch January 4 After 69 years the last issue of Colliers magazine is published January 5 Russell Endean becomes t
- One University: A History of the University of Manitoba - 1960Events January-February January 1 Independence of Cameroon January 9 Aswan High Dam construction begins in Egypt January 11 Chad declares its independence. January 14 Ralph Chubb, the gay poet and printer, dies at Fair Oak Cottage in Hampshire. January 23
- The Canadian Identity - 19611961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first "upside-down" year i. one that looked the same upside down since 1881, and the last until 6009. Events January January 1 The farthing coin, used since the 13th century, cease
- The Kingdom of Canada - 1963Events January-March January 11 The Whisky A Go-Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened. January 14 George Wallace becomes governor of Alabama. January 22 Elysee treaty between France and Germany January 28 Black student Harvey
- The Critical Years: The Union of British North America, 1857-1973 - 1964Events January January 1 Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. January 3 Senator Barry Goldwater announces that he will seek the Republican nomination for President. January 5 In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Ort
- Manitoba: The Birth of a Province - 19651965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). Events January-February January 4 United States President Lyndon Johnson proclaims his " Great Society" during his State of the Union address. January 14 Prime Ministers of N
- Contexts of Canada's Past: Selected Essays of W.L. Morton - 1980
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