Margaret A. Ormsby, British Columbia: A History (Toronto: Macmillan, 1958)

Seen 12 Oct 2026 only through the Internet Archive's search of the text of its lending copy (printed words, no page images), and as quoted by George Abbott (George M. Abbott, "Duff Pattullo and the Coalition Controversy of 1941," BC Studies 102 (Summer 1994), George M. Abbott, "Pattullo, the Press, and the Dominion-Provincial Conference of 1941," BC Studies 111 (Autumn 1996), pp. 37-59). The standard history of the province to 1939.

• Soldier settlement: Premier Oliver's scheme, "with the assistance of 'Duff' Pattullo, his Minister of Lands," at "Merville on Vancouver Island, at Creston in the Kootenays and at Telkwa in the north" (c. pp. 406-407).
• The South Okanagan project: "costing over $2,500,000"; "the town of 'Oliver' was growing, and revenues were starting to come in from the newly planted fruit-lands."
• The Kidd Report, 1932: the cabinet "adamantly refused to show it to the leader of the Opposition"; his statement of 15 Sep 1932, "Instead of indulging in all the present blithering kite-flying and cheap intrigue..." (c. pp. 446-447).
• 1933: "The Conservative party was annihilated."
• 1941 (p. 478, as Abbott quotes it): Pattullo was "rejected for his parochialism," and "a political vacuum had been created into which a completely new party could move."

See Duff Pattullo, 22nd Premier of British Columbia: what did he get right, and what did he get wrong?.