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  1. Half Title Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Illustrations
  9. 1. From Professor to Politician (1981–1997)
  10. 2. From Waiting to Running (1998–2004)
  11. 3. Life on the Back Bench (2005–2006)
  12. 4. PC Leadership Campaign: The Accidental Premier (2006)
  13. 5. Legislating Conservation: Success and Failure (2007–2009)
  14. 6. How I Became Finance Minister (2009)
  15. 7. Finance Minister (2010)
  16. 8. How I Unbecame Finance Minister (2010)
  17. 9. The Prairie Putsch (2011)
  18. 10. Redford and Prentice: The End of the PC Dynasty (2011–2015)
  19. 11. The Decline and Fall of the PC Empire: A Post-Morton
  20. 12. The Alberta Agenda: From Fringe to Mainstream
  21. Appendix 1 Power to the Parents: A Vindication of Bill 208
  22. Appendix 2 The Family as the Moral Foundation of Freedom: The Forgotten Dimension of Liberalism
  23. Appendix 3 After 40 years, the Charter is still one of the worst bargains in Canadian history
  24. F.L. (Ted) Morton Bibliography
  25. Notes
  26. Index

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Illustrations

1. From Professor to Politician (1981–1997)

How I Became a Conservative (1967–1980)

Alberta: The Early Years (1981–1997)

2. From Waiting to Running (1998–2004)

Alberta Senator-in-Waiting (1998)

Canadian Alliance Leadership (2000)

Firewall Letter (2001)

MLA for Foothills-Rocky View (2004)

3. Life on the Back Bench (2005–2006)

First Caucus Meeting

First Day in Legislature

Foothills-Rocky View Constituency

De-Klein: Overspending

Maiden Speech and the Leadership Race

Bill 208: Protecting Freedom of Speech and Religion

4. PC Leadership Campaign: The Accidental Premier (2006)

Klein’s Long Goodbye

Morton Campaign Team

Candidates

Issues: The Firewall Candidate

Campaign and Endorsements

First Round Results

Second Round Results

Ed Stelmach: The Accidental Premier

5. Legislating Conservation: Success and Failure (2007–2009)

OH Ranch: Heritage Rangeland (2008)

Sunday Hunting and Provincial Hunting Day (2008)

Land Use Framework and Alberta Land Stewardship Act (2009)

Alberta Land Trust Grant Program and the Waldron Ranch (2009)

Bow Habitat Station and Kids Can Catch Trout Pond (2009)

Hunting for Habitat (2008)

Recreational Access Management Plan (2009)

Upland Birds Alberta and Pheasant Release Program (2010)

Micrex Mine and the Livingstone Range (2010)

Postscript

6. How I Became Finance Minister (2009)

The Klein Legacy

Stelmach: Buying the 2008 Election

Stampede Caucus 2008: Spending $4 Billion That We Did
Not Have

Deficits and Debt: Memos to Stelmach and Snelgrove (2008–2009)

Budget 2010 and the Wildrose Challenge

Leadership Review

Becoming Finance Minister

7. Finance Minister (2010)

Budget 2010

The Minister’s Cave

Fighting the Feds I: Securities Regulator

Fighting the Feds II: Pension Reform

Fighting the Premier’s Office: North West Upgrader

Postscript

8. How I Unbecame Finance Minister (2010)

Recession

The New Normal

A New Fiscal Framework

Losing the Fight

Stay or Leave?

9. Prairie Putsch (2011)

When to Leave

Recruiting Allies

How to Leave

January 25: The Putsch

Raucous Caucus

10. Redford and Prentice: The End of the PC Dynasty (2011–2015)

2011 PC Leadership: Two-Minute Tories Strike Again

Minister of Energy

2012 Provincial Election

The Redford Debacle

Prentice to the Rescue… Not

2015: The End of the PC Dynasty

11. The Decline and Fall of the PC Empire: A Post-Morton

Flawed Leadership Selection Process

Vote Splitting on the Right

Dynasty Syndrome: Power Replaces Principles

The Resource Curse

Western Alienation

12. The Alberta Agenda: From Fringe to Mainstream

Kenney’s Hostile Takeover of the PC Party (2017)

Equalization Referendum and Fair Deal Report (2019)

Danielle Smith and the Sovereignty Act

The Next Chapter

Appendix 1: Power to the Parents: A Vindication of Bill 208

Appendix 2: The Family as the Moral Foundation of Freedom (1999)

Appendix 3: After 40 years, the Charter is still one of the worst bargains in Canadian history

F.L. (Ted) Morton Bibliography

Notes

Index

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