The item is a typescript copy of an essay by Richard Coates McCandless titled "British Columbia newspaper opinion and the federal election of 1921." ii, 133 leaves. Essay (B.A.), University of Victoria, 1973. Bibliography: leaves 125-130.

CALL NUMBER: T0980:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-04-29 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Charles Bowman begins by discussing how he was educated as an engineer and apprenticed on the Tyne; moved to Canada because of the destitute conditions in England at the beginning of the; 20th century. Lived in Ottawa. Heard that a draftsman was needed at the Dominion Lighthouse Deport at Prescott. After four years, moved to the Department of Railways and Canals. Wrote plan for reorganization of Technical Services; won competition, but was dismissed from civil service; labelled as "subversive". Politics and the election of 1911; how he got a job writing columns and humorous articles about reciprocity. Beginnings of his writing career. Background in England; went to sea; captained a soccer team in Algeria; political and philosophical beliefs. TRACK 2: Mr. Bowman discusses work; at a British armament plant; how it got around that he was a Socialist. Design and construction of lighthouses. His first article for the Ottawa Citizen; controversy over Welland and Georgian Bay canals. Origins of the Canadian National Railway. Sir Wilfred Laurier and the the beginning of the Royal Canadian Navy. Sir Robert Borden winning the majority vote; more on the Navy; and more on Borden.

CALL NUMBER: T0980:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-04-29 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Bowman discusses how he could use his engineering background in his editorial work; was a member of the Engineering Institute of Canada and a crusader for national broadcasting system in Canada; wrote a speech for MacKenzie King, more on his work for a national broadcasting system, and how he became a commissioner; more on politics in the 1920s; how the Broadcasting Commission changed in the 1930s, and anecdotes about broadcasting and politics. TRACK 2: The origins of the Ottawa Citizen; more on politics and political affiliations; editors at the paper; and more on happenings in Ottawa.