Norman Ward
| Norman Ward | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 10, 1918 Hamilton, Ontario |
| Died |
February 6, 1990 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Occupation | humorist, academic |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 1930s-1980s |
| Notable works | Mice in the Beer, The Government of Canada |
Norman McQueen Ward (May 19, 1918 - February 6, 1990) was a Canadian writer and academic.[1] A longtime professor of political science at the University of Saskatchewan, his writings spanned a wide variety of genres from politics to biography to humor.[1]
Born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario,[2] he was educated at McMaster University and the University of Toronto.[2] He joined the faculty of the University of Saskatchewan in 1944,[3] staying with the institution until his retirement in 1985.[2]
The writer and editor of several important political science texts on politics in Canada and Saskatchewan,[1] he also published three books of humor.[1] He won the Stephen Leacock Award in 1961 for Mice in the Beer, his first collection of humorous essays.[2] His later humor works were The Fully-Processed Cheese (1964) and Her Majesty's Mice (1977).[2]
He was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1962, and an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1976.[3]
He also served on the advisory board for the first edition of The Canadian Encyclopedia in 1985.[4]
He died in 1990 in Saskatoon.[2] Jimmy Gardiner: Relentless Liberal, his biography of former Saskatchewan Premier James Garfield Gardiner, was published posthumously later that year.[5]
Works
- The Government of Canada (multiple editions 1947-1970, coedited with Robert MacGregor Dawson)
- The Canadian House of Commons: Representation (1950)
- Mice in the Beer (1960)
- The Public Purse: A Study in Canadian Democracy (1962)
- The Fully-Processed Cheese (1964)
- Politics in Saskatchewan (1968)
- Bilingualism and Biculturalism in the Canadian House of Commons (1968)
- Her Majesty's Mice (1977)
- Jimmy Gardiner: Relentless Liberal (1990)
References
- 1 2 3 4 Norman Ward at The Canadian Encyclopedia.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Norman Ward: Political scientist, author made fun of academic life". The Globe and Mail, February 7, 1990.
- 1 2 "Ward, Norman McQueen (1918–90)". The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan.
- ↑ "Magnificent, colorful Canadian Encyclopedia soon becomes essential". Ottawa Citizen, September 7, 1985.
- ↑ "Gardiner unstoppable Liberal boss". Toronto Star, July 14, 1990.