Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction

1955 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerJohn A. Macdonald, The Old ChieftainDonald G. CreightonJohn A. Macdonalds flamboyant personality dominated Canadian public life from the years preceding Confederation to the end of the 19th century. Probably the greatest Canadian biography yet published in English - Dictionary of Canadian Biography....AmazonMan's Emerging MindN.J. BerrillWinner of the Governor Generals Award for non-fiction, Mans Emerging Mind is a startlingly prescient examination of how humanitys evolutionary past shapes not only human nature but the human future. Berrill draws on the findings of paleontology and evol...Amazon

1968 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerHunting Tigers Under GlassMordecai Richler...Amazon

1971 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerThe Last SpikePierre BertonIn the four years between 1881 and 1885, Canada was forged into one nation by the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Last Spike reconstructs the incredible story of how some 2,000 miles of steel crossed the continent in just five years — exactly...Amazon

1973 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerPainters in a New LandMichael Bell...Amazon

1974 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerThe Siren YearsCharles RitchieCharles Ritchie, one of Canadas most distinguished diplomats, was a born diarist, a man whose daily record of his life is so well written that it leaps from the page. In wartime England, Ritchie, as Second Secretary at the Canadian High Commission, served...Amazon

1975 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerHallowed WallsMarion MacRae and Anthony AdamsonThe slogan on Ontarios licence plates, Yours to Discover, was designed to promote travel opportunities within the province. Every year, thousands of tourists drive along country roads, past farmyards and through hamlets, en route to popular vacation spo...Amazon

1976 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerThe Writing of Canadian HistoryCarl Berger...Amazon

1977 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerEssays on the ConstitutionFrank Scott...Amazon

1978 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerGo BoyRoger Caron...Amazon

1979 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerEmily Carr: A BiographyMaria TippettNo artist has expressed the mood, mystery, and soul of Canadas west coast as Emily Carr did in her landscape art and novels. This biography captures the originality of mind, fierce and independent spirit, and extraordinary productivity of a woman who defi...Amazon1979 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistC.D. HoweRobert Bothwell and William KilbournAmazonPrairie CapitalismLarry Pratt and John RichardsAmazon