List of Canadian Political Scandals - Alberta

Alberta

  • Alberta and Great Waterways Railway scandal - a 1910 scandal that resulted in the resignation of the government of Alexander Cameron Rutherford
  • Sexual Sterilization Act of Alberta - a 1928 law that resulted in close to 3,000 young people being classified as "mentally unfit" and without their knowledge or consent were sterilized to prevent them from breeding their "bad blood."
  • John Brownlee sex scandal - John Edward Brownlee, Premier of Alberta, sued for seduction of a young woman and found guilty (early 1930s)
  • Dar Heatherington - forced to resign from Lethbridge city council in 2004 after being convicted of public mischief.

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