Lord Elgin

Canada had known governors who saved it, misunderstood its people, or inflamed its divisions. What could James, eighth Earl of Elgin, bring to the post that they had not?

John George Bourinot’s account opens in mid-nineteenth-century Canada, where the union of 1840 is under doubt and confidence in imperial rule is far from secure. Elgin arrives amid growing tension between English and French Canadians and an economic crisis that has some calling for independence—or union with the neighbouring republic. He must navigate a colony wary of its rulers and divided over who should govern, while resisting the pull of party politics. Can a governor earn trust by giving rival voices a fair hearing—and make self-government work?

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