W.L. Morton
William Lewis Morton (1908-1980) was a noted Canadian historian who specialized in the development of the Canadian west. He was born in Gladstone, Manitoba but won Rhodes Scholarship and attended Oxford University where he studied history. He returned to Canada first teaching at the University of Manitoba and then at Trent University. Morton was a strong support of the Progressive Conservative Party but was very much a Red Tory. He died in Red Deer, Alberta in 1980.Works:
- Third Crossing: A History of the Town and District of Gladstone in the Province of Manitoba - 1946
- The Progressive Party in Canada - 1950 (Winner of the 1950 Governor General's Award for Nonfiction)
- The London Correspondence Inward from Eden Colvile 1849-1852 - 1956
- Alexander Begg's Red River Journal and Other Papers Relative to the Red River Resistance of 1869-70 - 1956
- Manitoba: A History - 1957
- One University: A History of the University of Manitoba - 1960
- The Canadian Identity - 1961
- The Kingdom of Canada - 1963
- The Critical Years: The Union of British North America, 1857-1973 - 1964
- Manitoba: The Birth of a Province - 1965
- Contexts of Canada's Past: Selected Essays of W.L. Morton - 1980
