Word: bourassa
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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...theoretically, without a majority. The Liberals, on the other hand, put on a bold and blustering front, intended to give the impression that they were sure of being supported by the 27 minority party members: 24 Progressives, 2 Laborites, and 1 Independent, that fire-eating gaffer, the Hon. Henri Bourassa of Quebec, now again returned to Parliament after an absence of 19 years. The situation was rendered grotesque by the fact that the "freak election" threw Premier King out of his own seat in Parliament and reduced him to sitting in the "Visitors' Gallery...
While frenzied dickering and lobbying proceeded behind the scenes, lurid Independent Bourassa made what was later referred to on the floor of the House as "a delightful speech on everything under...