NORMAN WARD, a graduate of McMaster University, and with further degrees from the University of Toronto, was a Professor in the Department of Economics and Political Science at the University of Saskatchewan. He served with the Royal Commission on Provincial Development and Rehabilitation, Nova Scotia, 1943-4, and had frequently been chairman of boards of conciliation in labour disputes. His previous publications include The Canadian House of Commons: Representation; Government in Canada; and Mice in the Beer. The latter won the Leacock Medal for Humour in 1960.