In A Chosen Path, Frank Oberle continues the amazing story of his remarkable rise from self-educated immigrant to national politician and Cabinet minister.
The bestselling first volume of Frank's autobiography, Finding Home, recounted his turbulent youth in Nazi-run Germany and his post-war immigration to Canada. After working for a year and a half—as a baker, logger and miner—he earned enough to bring his future wife, Joan, from their homeland. They eventually settled in the brand-new community of Chetwynd, BC, where he began his political life as a village councillor and later became mayor.
In A Chosen Path, we travel with Frank to Ottawa after his election to the House of Commons in 1972 and follow his six-term political career, which culminated in his appointment to Cabinet in 1985—first as Minister of State for Science and Technology, then four years later as Minister of Forestry. On the way, we are treated to incisive, often witty, behind-the-scenes looks at the politicians and issues of the day, along with Frank's straight-shooting assessments of our national leaders and the prime minister's office.
Now a thoughtful observer more than a decade removed from that maelstrom of machinations that is Canada's capital, Frank sheds light on what is right and what is wrong in our political world.
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 971.064/7/092
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 1894384830 9781459310827
- LCCN
- F1034.3.O24
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- A3 2005eb
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- 1 electronic text (320 p.)
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- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- (CaBNVSL)thg00601700 (OCoLC)431539829 (CaOOCEL)419721
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Table of Contents
- CHETWYND VILLAGE 19
- COUNCILLOR AND MAYOR 19
- 19621972 19
- A Town Is Born 21
- God Helps Those 37
- Who Help Themselves 37
- The Chetwynd Housing Project 51
- Sorting Out Our Friends 67
- Exploring New Horizons 75
- Mans Best Friend 87
- A New Canadian 95
- Addicted to Politics 113
- MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR 131
- PRINCE GEORGE PEACE RIVER 131
- 19721985 131
- BRITISH 132
- COLUMBIA 132
- YUKON 132
- ALBERTA 132
- An Innocent in Ottawa 133
- First Session 19721974 151
- Rewards and Costs 161
- Political Fortunes Won and Lost 175
- There Are Better Ways 187
- Thinking Outside the Box 199
- Back on the Home Front 211
- Conspiracies 219
- A Close Encounter 225
- Success at Last 237
- MINISTER OF STATE FOR 251
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 251
- AND MINISTER OF FORESTRY 251
- 19851993 251
- Fencing with Bureaucrats 253
- Measuring Success 269
- A Bittersweet Reunion 281
- A Full Agenda 289
- AFTERMATH 305
- 19932005 305
- The Home Stretch 307
