No. 28.
“The Political Giant-killer.”

The “Canada First” movement, having for its object the cultivation of a national sentiment and the extinction of political party strife, was inaugurated about this time.

December 13th, 1873.

No. 28.

THE POLITICAL GIANT-KILLER;
OR, “CANADA FIRST.”

No. 29.
“The West Toronto Run.”

In the General Election which followed the defeat of the Conservative Government, Mr. E. O. Bickford contested West Toronto in the interest of the New Opposition, and rested his claims to the seat mainly on the prestige of Sir John Macdonald, declaring that, if elected, he would follow that honourable gentleman through weal or woe. As the cartoon suggests, he met with defeat.

December 20, 1873.