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Commons cited here are taken from Hansard, the official parliamentary record. Sir John Colville’s reflections are taken from the speech he gave in Toronto on 26 November 1986 to a joint meeting of the Empire Club of Canada and the Churchill Society for the Advancement of Parliamentary Democracy. All other quotations, unless otherwise indicated in the text, are from the eight main and sixteen document volumes of Winston S. Churchill by Randolph Churchill (1874–1914) and Martin Gilbert (1914–65), and from Martin Gilbert’s single-volume Churchill, A Life.

MARTIN GILBERT

Sir Martin Gilbert is Winston Churchill’s official biographer, and a leading historian of the modern world. He is the author of seventy-six books, among them the single-volume Churchill: A Life, his much-acclaimed twin histories, First World War and Second World War, a comprehensive History of Israel, and his three-volume History of the Twentieth Century. He is an Honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, and a Distinguished Fellow of Hillsdale College, Michigan. His website is www.martingilbert.com

A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book supports the Churchill Society for the Advancement of Parliamentary Democracy, a non-partisan, registered charity that honours Winston Churchill’s life and work by promoting education, discussion and debate about parliamentary democracy. This is done through educational programs, awards and sponsorships for teachers and students at both the high school and university levels.

The Churchill Society has built one of the world’s foremost collections of books, documents and material by and about Churchill. The collection is housed at the J.W. Graham Library at Trinity College in the University of Toronto.

Each November, the Churchill Society hosts a dinner featuring an internationally-renowned speaker of interest to Churchillians. Sir Martin Gilbert was the speaker at the dinners in 1984 and 2003.

The Churchill Society Award for Excellence in the Cause of Parliamentary Democracy is presented annually and honours lifetime achievement and outstanding contributions in the service of parliamentary democracy.

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Gilbert, Martin, 1936–

The will of the people : Churchill and parliamentary

democracy / Martin Gilbert.

eISBN: 978-0-307-36922-2

1. Churchill, Winston, 1871–1947. 2. Great Britain—Politics and government—20th century. 3. Representative government and representation—Great Britain—History—20th century. 4. Democracy—Great Britain—History—20th century. I. Title.

DA566.9.C5G58 2006 321.8092 C2006-901615-1

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