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Scoundrels and Scallywags: Characters from Alberta's Past

Scoundrels and Scallywags: Characters from Alberta's Past

Brennan, Brian

Paperback

Biographies GeneralCanadian History

ISBN10: 1548954713
ISBN13: 9781548954710
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: Jul 15 2017
Pages: 226
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.51 Width: 5.51 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
A married Alberta premier, John Brownlee, lost his job after enticing a junior government clerk to have sex with him. He was fifty, she was twenty. After Canada's Supreme Court endorsed the trial jury's guilty verdict, Brownlee took the case to the British Privy Council, then the court of last resort for Canadians. He lost again. The courts awarded his accuser, Vivian MacMillan, $10,000 plus costs, and Brownlee's United Farmers party never won another election.

That's one of the stories Brian Brennan tells in this collection of true tales about the rogues, rebels, eccentrics and other colourful characters who have left their mark on Alberta over the years. Others featured individuals include:

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