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   Pacific Scandal
   (1872–73), charges of corruption against Canadian prime minister John Macdonald in awarding the contract for a transcontinental railroad; the ... [3 related articles]
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   Pacific Scandal
   The Pacific Scandal was a political scandal in Canada involving allegations of bribes being accepted by the Conservative government in the attempts of private interests to influence the bidding for a national rail contract. As part of British Columbia`s 1871 agreement to join Canadian Confederation...
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   Pacific scandal
   Pacific scandal, 1873, a major event in Canadian political history. Charges were made in Parliament that the Conservative administration of Sir John A. Macdonald had accepted campaign funds from Sir Hugh Allan in return for a promise to award Allan's syndicate the contract to build the Canadian Paci...
   Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0837243.html
   
   

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