Charles Wilson Cross
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Charles Wilson Cross was a Canadian politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the House of Commons of Canada. He was also the first Attorney-General of Alberta. Born in Ontario,
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
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.