His radio interview after the
1957 federal election, influenced Prime Minister
Louis St. Laurent to allow
John Diefenbaker to become the next prime minister. He was also consulted by Governor-general
Ed Schreyer after the minority Progressive Conservative government led by Prime Minister Joe Clark was defeated on a
motion of no confidence in the Commons. Born in
St. Andrews, New Brunswick, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1937 from the
University of New Brunswick, a Bachelor of Law degree from the
University of Edinburgh in 1940, and a Master of Arts degree in 1941 from
Dalhousie University. From 1941 to 1943, he was an instructor in political science at the
University of Saskatchewan. From 1943 to 1944, he was a lecturer in political economy at the
University of Toronto. From 1944 to 1946, he was an assistant professor of political economy at
Brandon College. He joined
McGill University in 1946 as an assistant professor and would remain there until retiring in 1977. He was appointed an associate professor in 1948 and a professor of political science in 1959. From 1953 to 1954, he was a Nuffield Foundation Traveling Fellow. He was the author of
Social Credit and the Federal Power in Canada (1954,
University of Toronto Press, ) and
The Structure of Canadian Government (). In 1964, he was made a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada. He was awarded the
Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977. He received honorary degrees from University of New Brunswick,
Queen's University, the
University of Western Ontario, and
Bishop's University. The McGill University James R. Mallory Lecture in Canadian Studies is named in his honour. ==Personal life==