@article{482,
  keywords = {Toronto, Jews, Patronage},
  author = {Alan Gordon},
  title = {Taking Root in the Patronage Garden: Jewish Businessmen in Toronto's Conservative Party, 1911-1921},
  abstract = {Many political scientists label patronage elite accommodation or associate it with corruption, while others accept it as a tool for political management, but it has always been an integral part of the Canadian political system. By 1911 about 18,000 Jews, predominantly of Eastern European origin, lived in Toronto. The community was diverse and fragmented, and Liberals and Conservatives competed energetically for the Jewish vote. Patronage, primarily through the Conservative Party, had a role in the integration of the Jewish community into the national polity. This article examines how Jewish businessmen benefited from government contracts arranged by Conservative member of Parliament Edmund Bristol in exchange for their political support. [W. L. Reinshagen/S]},
  year = {1996},
  journal = {Ontario History},
  volume = {88},
  number = {Journal Article},
  pages = {31-46, },
  isbn = {00302953},
  language = {English},
}