John Saywell

John Tupper Saywell (born 1929) is a Canadian historian specializing in the fields of politics and constitution.

Born in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Saywell received his B.A. and M.A. from University of British Columbia and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. He taught at University of Toronto from 1954 to 1962. He joined York University in 1963 and was Dean of Arts at York from 1963 to 1973. He is the author of "The Office of Lieutenant-Governor" (1957), "The Canadian Journal of Lady Aberdeen" (1960), "Quebec 70: A Documentary Narrative" (1971), "Lord Minto's Canadian Papers" (1983), "Making the law: the courts and the constitution" (1991, ISBN 0773050981), "Just call me Mitch: the life of Mitchell F. Hepburn" (1991, ISBN 0802034675), "Canada: pathways to the present" (1994, ISBN 0773756817) and "The Lawmakers: Judicial Power and the Shaping of Canadian Federalism" (2002, ISBN 0802037518).

Saywell retired from all teaching responsibility at York University in 1999.

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