History 2201E Lecture Notes - Lake Superior, Secret Ballot, Pacific Scandal
30 Apr 2013
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Patronage was a big part of politics. Having a scandal to defeat john a. macdonald and his conservative party, means that it was a deep sea of corruption to be able to pull this off. 1872 election everything was looking good for the conservatives because the liberal party was a divided group that brought together several other groups. The reform group led by george brown was cemented into this liberal party but could not unite. By the 1870s, business and politics are railroads interests in railway development. There are two different bids for government and for the railway, one is backed by the americans and the other is by the liberal party. Called the pacific scandal because it was about the building of the pacific railroad. By 1873, john a. macdonald is forced to resign. 1874 there is another election and the liberals led by alexander mackenzie win office.
