Voice of the vanishing minority
Subtitle: Robert Sellar and the Huntingdon gleaner, 1863-1919
By: Robert Hill.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Montreal
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
Subjects: Sellar, Robert, 1841-1919; Huntingdon gleaner; Newspaper editors -- Canada -- Biography; Canada -- English-French relations -- History
Genres: Biography.
Description: At the turn of the century Robert Sellar, editor of the Huntingdon Gleaner in Quebec's historic Chateauguay Valley, was the most-quoted rural newspaperman in Canada. His controversial opinions on Confederation, national policy, and especially French-Canadian nationalism sparked debate across Canada and around the world.

Widely regarded as the authentic voice of the English-speaking minority, Sellar attempted to alert the rest of Canada to the threat of ultramontane clericalism and French-Canadian nationalism emanating from Quebec. Exploring the earliest origins of "English exodus" and the English-speaking minority rights battle in Quebec, Voice of the Vanishing Minority makes for timely reading in light of recent developments in Quebec.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-364) and index.