Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Cleaning Up the Klondike (1900-1901) -- 2. Settling Old Scores: Politics in Western Canada (1901-1902) -- 3. From "Dismal Failure" to "Magnificent Success": Policies of Development (1901-1904) -- 4. The Politics of Progress (1901-1904) -- 5. Defending Canada's Honour: The Alaska Boundary Tribunal (1903) -- 6. Concessions in the Klondike (1901-1905) -- 7. The Liberal Machine and the General Election of 1904 -- 8. Resignation (1905) -- 9. Private Member (1905-1911) -- 10. Reciprocity (1911) -- 11. The Commission of Conservation (1909-1921) -- 12. Through the Great War (1911-1918) -- 13. The Closing Decade (1919-1929) -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: The Sifton Lineage -- Appendix 2: School Clauses of 1905 -- Note on Sources -- Bibliography -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.