 | The Regional Decline of a National Party: Liberals on the Prairies Subjects: Liberal Party (Canada) -- History; Prairie provinces -- Politics and government -- 1945–; Canada -- Politics and government -- 1963–; The Liberal party has shown a marked failure to hold a place in the hearts and minds of the voters of Western Canada. Professor Smith here argues convincingly that the party is largely the author of its own downfall through insensitivity to regional concerns and ignorance of the implications of its centralizing tendencies. Smith David E. : DAVID SMITH is Professor of political Science at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. |
