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Alberta and Great Waterways Railway scandal

Index Alberta and Great Waterways Railway scandal

The Alberta and Great Waterways Railway Scandal was a political scandal in Alberta, Canada in 1910, which forced the resignation of the Liberal provincial government of Alexander Cameron Rutherford. [1]

79 relations: Alberta, Alberta general election, 1909, Alberta general election, 1913, Alberta general election, 1917, Alberta general election, 1921, Alberta Liberal Party, Alexander Cameron Rutherford, Amend (motion), Archibald J. McLean, Arthur Sifton, Calgary, Canadian Northern Railway, Charles M. O'Brien, Charles Richmond Mitchell, Charles Stewart (Canadian politician), Charles W. Fisher, Charles Wilson Cross, Colin Genge, Conflict of interest, Conscription Crisis of 1917, Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta, David Lynch Scott, Disallowance and reservation, Dissenting opinion, Duncan Marshall, Edmonton, Edmonton Bulletin, Edmonton Journal, Edward Michener, Ezra Riley, Fort McMurray, Frank Oliver (politician), George H. V. Bulyea, George P. Smith, Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, Henry William McKenney, Horace Harvey, House Leader, Independent politician, James Cornwall, John Alexander McDougall, John Robert Boyle, John William Woolf, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, Kansas City, Missouri, Lac la Biche (Alberta), Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, Loan guarantee, London, ..., Lucien Boudreau, Macleod (provincial electoral district), Motion of no confidence, Negligence, Nicolas Dubois Dominic Beck, Northern Alberta Railways, Ontario, Overdraft, Paid in capital, Par value, Peace River (provincial electoral district), Peter Talbot (politician), Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, Prosper-Edmond Lessard, R. B. Bennett, Railroad tie, Regina, Saskatchewan, Robert L. Shaw, Royal Bank of Canada, Royal Commission, Socialist Party of Canada, Speaker (politics), Toronto, Toronto–Dominion Bank, Union Bank of Halifax, William Ashbury Buchanan, William Henry Cushing, Winnipeg. Expand index (29 more) »

Alberta

Alberta is a western province of Canada.

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Alberta general election, 1909

The Alberta general election of 1909 was the second general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada.

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Alberta general election, 1913

The Alberta general election of 1913 was the third general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada.

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Alberta general election, 1917

The Alberta general election of 1917 was the fourth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada, held on 7 June 1917 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

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Alberta general election, 1921

The Alberta general election of 1921 was the fifth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada.

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Alberta Liberal Party

The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada.

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Alexander Cameron Rutherford

Alexander Cameron Rutherford, (February 2, 1857 – June 11, 1941) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the first premier of Alberta from 1905 to 1910.

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Amend (motion)

In parliamentary procedure, the motion to amend is used to modify another motion.

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Archibald J. McLean

Archibald J. "A.

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Arthur Sifton

Arthur Lewis Watkins Sifton, PC (UK), PC (Can), KC (October 26, 1858 – January 21, 1921), was a Canadian politician who served as the second Premier of Alberta from 1910 until 1917.

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Calgary

Calgary is a city in the Canadian province of Alberta.

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Canadian Northern Railway

The Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) is a historic Canadian transcontinental railway.

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Charles M. O'Brien

Charles Macnamara "Charlie" O'Brien (March 2, 1875 – February 23, 1952) was a Canadian socialist activist and politician in Alberta, Canada.

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Charles Richmond Mitchell

Charles Richmond Mitchell (November 30, 1872 – August 16, 1942) was a Canadian lawyer, judge, cabinet minister and former Leader of the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

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Charles Stewart (Canadian politician)

Charles Stewart, (August 26, 1868 – December 6, 1946) was a Canadian politician who served as the third Premier of Alberta from 1917 until 1921.

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Charles W. Fisher

Charles Wellington Fisher (August 4, 1866 – May 5, 1919) was a Canadian politician who served as the first Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

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Charles Wilson Cross

Charles Wilson Cross (November 30, 1872 – June 2, 1928) was a Canadian politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the House of Commons of Canada.

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Colin Genge

Colin Melville Genge (October 2, 1859 – March 25, 1910) was a politician, contractor and business man from Alberta, Canada.

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Conflict of interest

A conflict of interest (COI) is a situation in which a person or organization is involved in multiple interests, financial or otherwise, and serving one interest could involve working against another.

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Conscription Crisis of 1917

The Conscription Crisis of 1917 (Crise de la conscription de 1917) was a political and military crisis in Canada during World War I. It was mainly caused by disagreement on whether men should be conscripted to fight in the war.

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Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta

The Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (abbreviated in citations as ABQB or Alta. Q.B.) is the superior court of the Canadian province of Alberta.

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David Lynch Scott

David Lynch Scott (21 August 1845 – 26 July 1924) was a Canadian militia officer, lawyer, and judge.

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Disallowance and reservation

Disallowance and reservation are historical constitutional powers that were instituted in several territories throughout the British Empire as a mechanism to delay or overrule legislation.

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Dissenting opinion

A dissenting opinion (or dissent) is an opinion in a legal case in certain legal systems written by one or more judges expressing disagreement with the majority opinion of the court which gives rise to its judgment.

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Duncan Marshall

Duncan McLean Marshall (September 24, 1872 in Elderslie Township, Ontario – January 16, 1946) was a Canadian journalist, publisher, rancher provincial level politician and Minister of Agriculture in 2 provinces and later served in the Senate of Canada representing the province of Ontario.

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Edmonton

Edmonton (Cree: Amiskwaciy Waskahikan; Blackfoot: Omahkoyis) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta.

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Edmonton Bulletin

The Edmonton Bulletin was a newspaper in Edmonton, Alberta, published from 1880 until January 20, 1951.

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Edmonton Journal

The Edmonton Journal is a daily newspaper in Edmonton, Alberta.

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Edward Michener

Edward Michener (August 18, 1869 – June 16, 1947) was a politician from Alberta, Canada.

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Ezra Riley

Ezra Hounsfield Riley (June 5, 1866 – January 5, 1937) was a Canadian politician and rancher in Alberta, Canada.

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Fort McMurray

Fort McMurray is a population centre, technically classified as an urban service area, in the Regional Municipality (RM) of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Canada.

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Frank Oliver (politician)

Francis "Frank" Oliver (born Francis Robert Oliver Bowsfield; September 1, 1853 – March 31, 1933) was a Canadian federal minister, politician and journalist from old Northwest Territories, and later Alberta, Canada.

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George H. V. Bulyea

George Hedley Vicars Bulyea (February 17, 1859 – July 22, 1928) was a Canadian politician and the first Lieutenant Governor of Alberta.

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George P. Smith

George Peter Smith (August 12, 1873 – November 29, 1942) was a politician and former Minister of the Crown from Alberta, Canada.

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Grand Trunk Pacific Railway

The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway was a historical Canadian transcontinental railway running from Winnipeg to the Pacific coast at Prince Rupert, British Columbia.

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Henry William McKenney

Henry William McKenney (February 24, 1848 – March 11, 1921) was a politician from Alberta, Canada.

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Horace Harvey

Horace Harvey (October 1, 1863 – September 9, 1949) was a lawyer, jurist, and a Chief Justice of Alberta, Canada.

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House Leader

In Canada, each political party with representation in the House of Commons has a House Leader who is a front bench Member of Parliament (MP) and an expert in parliamentary procedure.

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Independent politician

An independent or nonpartisan politician is an individual politician not affiliated with any political party.

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James Cornwall

Lieutenant-Colonel James Kennedy "Peace River Jim" Cornwall (October 29, 1869 – November 20, 1955) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada.

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John Alexander McDougall

John Alexander McDougall (May 20, 1854 – December 17, 1928) was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a municipal councillor and mayor in Edmonton, and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

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John Robert Boyle

John Robert Boyle, (February 1, 1870 or February 3, 1871 – February 15, 1936) was a Canadian politician and jurist who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, a cabinet minister in the Government of Alberta, and a judge on the Supreme Court of Alberta.

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John William Woolf

John William Woolf (November 27, 1869 – February 22, 1950) was an American-born Canadian politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories and the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

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Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) is the highest court of appeal for certain British territories and Commonwealth countries.

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Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri.

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Lac la Biche (Alberta)

Lac la Biche in Alberta Lac la Biche is a large lake in north-central Alberta, Canada.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta

The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, represented by the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta.

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Lieutenant Governor of Alberta

The Lieutenant Governor of Alberta is the viceregal representative in Alberta of the.

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Loan guarantee

A loan guarantee, in finance, is a promise by one party (the guarantor) to assume the debt obligation of a borrower if that borrower defaults.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Lucien Boudreau

Lucien Boudreau (August 6, 1874 – December 16, 1962) was a politician, mayor of St. Albert, Alberta, and member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (then called the Provincial Parliament).

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Macleod (provincial electoral district)

Macleod is a former provincial electoral district that existed from 1905 to 2004 in the province of Alberta.

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Motion of no confidence

A motion of no confidence (alternatively vote of no confidence, no-confidence motion, or (unsuccessful) confidence motion) is a statement or vote which states that a person(s) in a position of responsibility (government, managerial, etc.) is no longer deemed fit to hold that position, perhaps because they are inadequate in some respect, are failing to carry out obligations, or are making decisions that other members feel are detrimental.

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Negligence

Negligence (Lat. negligentia) is a failure to exercise appropriate and or ethical ruled care expected to be exercised amongst specified circumstances.

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Nicolas Dubois Dominic Beck

Nicholas Dubois Dominic Beck (May 4, 1857 – May 15, 1928) was a lawyer and jurist in Alberta, Canada.

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Northern Alberta Railways

Northern Alberta Railways was a Canadian railway which served northern Alberta and northeastern British Columbia.

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Ontario

Ontario is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and is located in east-central Canada.

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Overdraft

An overdraft occurs when money is withdrawn from a bank account and the available balance goes below zero.

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Paid in capital

Paid in capital, paid-in capital or paid up capital, or contributed capital is capital that is contributed to a corporation by investors by purchase of stock from the corporation, the primary market, not by purchase of stock in the open market from other stockholders (the secondary market).

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Par value

Par value, in finance and accounting, means stated value or face value.

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Peace River (provincial electoral district)

Peace River is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada.

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Peter Talbot (politician)

Peter Talbot (March 30, 1854 – December 6, 1919) was a Canadian parliamentarian.

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Privy Council of the United Kingdom

Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, usually known simply as the Privy Council, is a formal body of advisers to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

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Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta

The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta (often referred to colloquially as Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta) was a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta.

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Prosper-Edmond Lessard

Prosper-Edmond Lessard (February 3, 1873 – April 11, 1931) was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1921 sitting with the Liberal caucus in government.

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R. B. Bennett

Richard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett, (3 July 1870 – 26 June 1947), was a Canadian politician who served as the 11th Prime Minister of Canada, in office from 1930 to 1935.

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Railroad tie

A railroad tie/railway tie/crosstie (North America) or railway sleeper (Britain, Ireland, South Asia, Australasia, and Africa) is a rectangular support for the rails in railroad tracks.

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Regina, Saskatchewan

Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

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Robert L. Shaw

Robert L. Shaw (November 27, 1865 – January 22, 1930) was a politician from Alberta, Canada.

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Royal Bank of Canada

The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is a Canadian multinational financial services company and the largest bank in Canada by market capitalization.

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Royal Commission

A Royal Commission is a major ad-hoc formal public inquiry into a defined issue in some monarchies.

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Socialist Party of Canada

The first Socialist Party of Canada (SPC) existed from 1904 to 1925 led by E. T. Kingsley.

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Speaker (politics)

The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair.

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Toronto

Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario and the largest city in Canada by population, with 2,731,571 residents in 2016.

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Toronto–Dominion Bank

The Toronto–Dominion Bank (Banque Toronto–Dominion) is a Canadian multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.

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Union Bank of Halifax

The Union Bank of Halifax was granted a charter by the government of Canada in 1856 and established its head office at the corner of Hollis and Prince Streets in the port city of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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William Ashbury Buchanan

William Ashbury Buchanan, (born: July 2, 1876 South Monaghan, Ontario died: July 12, 1954) was a journalist, publisher and politician based in Alberta.

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William Henry Cushing

William Henry Cushing (August 21, 1852 – January 25, 1934) was a Canadian politician.

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Winnipeg

Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta_and_Great_Waterways_Railway_scandal

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