Add this copy of Member of the Legislature to cart. $34.29, very good condition, Sold by Lisa Van Munster rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Oshawa, ON, CANADA, published 1979 by Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited.
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Ed Franklin. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Front Fixed Endpaper Shows Remnants of Removed Book Pocket; Front, Rear Free Endpapers Show Discolouration From Removal of Adhesive Tape; Spine Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Spine Portion Pulled From Removal of Sticker; Moderately Creased; Lightly Chipped; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. JACKET DRAWING BY: Ed Franklin Copyright The Globe and Mail. JACKET DESIGN BY: Lynn Waghorne. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: The author and publisher wish to express their thanks for the following: to The Toronto Star for cartoons by Franklin, Macpherson, Pilsworth and Fons von Woerkom, to The Globe and Mail for cartoons by Franklin and Redford, to The Toronto Sun for cartoons by Donato, to The Windsor Star for cartoons by Roschkov and Donato. The cartoon by the late Al Beaton originally appeared in The Toronto Telegram. CONTENTS: Preface 1. The Beginning 2. The Shot Heard Around Queen's Park 3. The Tories and My Bank Manager 4. The Jails 5. Matthew Dymond 6. How I Harassed a Poor Widow 7. Sleeping MPPs 8. Sneaking into INCO 9. The Workmen's Compensation Board 10. All Speeches Shall be Sung in Tune 11. Victories I Would Regret 12. Leaks 13. The NDP: Not One Happy Family 14. Me and the Mafia 15. Libel 16. Arsenic and Old Tories 17. Shulman's Raiders 18. Liquor 19. The Medical Lab Rip-off 20. More on the Mafia 21. The Future is Here 22. Bill Davis 23. Compensation for the Innocent 24. The Cages 25. Whitby 26. The RCMP Papers 27. Dirty Tricks 28. Wire Taps and Stuffed Ballots 29. The Nutcracker 30. Gordon Carton 31. Crooked Unions 32. Defeats 33. The Silver Mine that Wasn't 34. Phony Votes 35. Allan Grossman 36. Life Insurance 37. The Attorney General Wasn't There 38. Mimico 39. The Happy Hooker 40. Ripping Off the Door 41. Wire Tapping Again 42. The Maid of the Mist 43. Chiropractors 44. I Join the CIA 45. I Bomb the SEC 46. My Poodle and Ma Bell 47. And Still More Wire Tapping 48. Dog Fights 49. More Asbestos 50. Guns, Uranium and the Chinese 51. Would You Like to be Ombudsman? SYNOPSIS: This is Morton Shulman's own fast-moving story of his eight years in politics. It is sharp but full of public concern, opinionated but self-critical, serious in intent but often hilarious in the telling. It reflects perfectly the life-style of its author--there is never a dull moment. During his eight years as a member of the provincial Legislature, Morton Shulman's name was rarely off the front pages. Here Shulman tells the dramatic stories behind the headlines, and the stories that never made the front page. For Shulman, an "unrepentant capitalist" millionaire, the decision to run for the NDP was a chance to get back at the Conservative government that had fired him as Coroner. But it became much more than that, as Shulman, the man who always was approachable, became an unofficial ombudsman for the province and the people. Shulman's career as a Member of the Legislature was as stormy as his record in office as Chief Coroner. He smuggled a camera into the House and took pictures of government members asleep during debars. Disguised as a workman, he walked into the INCO plant at Sudbury and spent the night measuring sulphur dioxide levels which proved that in spite of government inspectors' assurances the pollution levels were dangerously high. He exposed Mafia connections with union leaders, politicians and police, and ended up with a Mafia contract on his life and a full-time police guard. He put on a hard hat and walked unchallenged into the Pickering Nuclear Power Plant to show that there was virtually no security in this potentially dangerous area. All these capers had but one goal--to expose the bureaucratic bungling that affected and sometimes even endangered the lives of the ordinary Canadians who paid the tax bill. One after another he took on the Departments of Labour, Health, Highways, Reform Institutions, Natural...
Add this copy of Member of the Legislature to cart. $37.30, like new condition, Sold by Robin Books rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Kingston, ON, CANADA, published 1979 by Fitzhenry & Whiteside.
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Fine. Fine Light wear on the edges, slightly faded down the spine, otherwise it looks like new, tight with clean unmarked pages Quality Books Because We Care-Shipped from Canada Usually ships within 1-2 business days If you buy this book from us, we will donate a book to a local school We donate 10, 000+ books to local schools every year If there are any problems, pleases ask us to resolve it amicably before leaving any feedback.
Add this copy of Member of the Legislature to cart. $37.30, very good condition, Sold by Robin Books rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Kingston, ON, CANADA, published 1979 by Fitzhenry & Whiteside.
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Very Good. Very Good 1979 Shows some discoloration down the spine of the book, otherwise in very good condition Usually ships within 1-2 business days Quality Books Because We Care-Shipped from Canada.
Add this copy of Member of the Legislature to cart. $50.33, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1979 by Fitzhenry & Whiteside.
Add this copy of Member of the Legislature to cart. $72.95, very good condition, Sold by RareNonFiction rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ladysmith, BC, CANADA, published 1979 by Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Limited.
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Very Good in Good dust jacket. 0889024170. 226 pages. Some small tears to dust jacket. Morton Shulman's fast moving story of his eight years in politics. Sharp but full of public concern, opinionated but self-critical, serious in intent but often hilarious in the telling. It reflects perfectly the life-style of its author-there is never a dull moment! He was an amazing character.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Shulman, Morton Member of the Legislature Jewish Author Politician Coroner M.p.p. Ontario Investor 226 pages. Some small tears to dust jacket. Morton Shulman's fast moving story of his eight years in politics. Sharp but full of public concern, opinion.
Add this copy of Member of the Legislature to cart. $94.83, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1979 by Fitzhenry & Whiteside.
