YSHS Speaker Series: The McNair-Fleming Years
Schedule
Thu Sep 19 2024 at 07:00 pm
UTC-03:00Location
571 Queen Street, Fredericton, NB, Canada, New Brunswick E3B 5C8 | Fredericton, NB
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Speaker: James G. LongThe McNair-Flemming Years is a two-volume history of New Brunswick politics and events, from the Depression to the beginning of the 1960s. It explores long-standing government fiscal challenges created by lack of industry, seasonal employment, demands to solve social problems in a sparsely populated, largely rural society, and the growing dependence on the Federal treasury.
The basis of restructuring the role of government, social, educational, and healthcare reform was met with varying success by Premiers J.B. McNair and H.J. Flemming. Their leadership extended throughout the depression era, rationing and blackout drills during WWII, German U-boats in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Coronation of a Young Queen, post-war reconstruction, modernization and economic growth in a culture rooted in the past and resistant to change.
Copies of Volume I will be available for purchase. Payment can be cash, cheque or e-transfer in the amount of $53.50 plus tax for an Author's Limited Edition numbered and signed copy.
Biography:
James G. Long began his career in the resource industry in New Brunswick, Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia. Born in Fredericton, he holds degrees in geology and economics from the University of New Brunswick and University of Calgary. He has been a resource consultant and founder of both public and private energy companies, and has written more than 100 specialized technical papers and reports.
Date and Time: September 19, 7 o’clock
Location: Fredericton Region Museum (175th Room)
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Where is it happening?
571 Queen Street, Fredericton, NB, Canada, New Brunswick E3B 5C8Event Location & Nearby Stays:
