Personal background, World War I experiences: Western Front, occupation of Germany, Canadian-British cooperation; demobilization; British Columbia law practice; career in Conservative Party: Young Conservative Association, 1935 election to House of Commons, veterans affairs, 1940 and 1945 national elections, defense interest, post-war reconstruction, role of civil servants in legislature, alliances as opposition party leader; 1956 Conservative Party Leadership Conference, 1957 and 1958 dissolutions of Parliament; ministerial posts; Columbia River Treaty; impressions of Richard B. Bennet, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Christian Herter