Arthur Sifton
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Arthur Lewis Watkins Sifton was a Canadian lawyer, judge and politician who served as the second premier of Alberta from 1910 until 1917. He became a minister in the federal cabinet of Canada thereaft
Arthur Lewis Watkins Sifton
Sifton, front row right, as Calgary's city solicitor, 1892
Sifton addressing a political meeting in Wetaskiwin, August 1910
Sifton at the coronation of George V of the United Kingdom, 1910
The Alberta and Great Waterways Railway Scandal was a political scandal in Alberta, Canada in 1910, which caused the resignation of Liberal premier Alexander Cameron Rutherford. Rutherford and his gov
Arthur Sifton
…Justice of Alberta in 1907 and served until 1910. In 1910, the Liberal government of Alberta premier Alexander Cameron Rutherford was embroiled in the Alberta and Great Waterways Railway scandal. The Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, George Bulyea, was a Liberal and determined that for the sake of the Alberta Liberal Party, Rutherford had to be…
Alexander Cameron Rutherford was a popular premier who enjoyed the support of his party before the scandal broke.
John R. Boyle took an early stand against his own leader and tried to bring down Rutherford's government over the scandal.
R. B. Bennett led the tiny Conservative opposition during the scandal.
Though John Alexander McDougall seconded an amendment considered friendly to the government, he would prove not to be its ally.