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response to the A&GW's default of its obligations to the government, Sifton introduced a bill confiscating the money the A&GW had raised through the sale of government-guaranteed bonds. Cross, still a supporter of building the A&GW and concerned that the bill did not include a commitment to use the money to do so, opposed it. The bill passed, but was disallowed by the courts. Sifton, left with little choice but to use the money for the purpose for which it had been raised, announced a new policy of railway construction. At the same time, he invited Cross to resume his post as
Attorney-General. Boyle was also admitted to cabinet, as Minister of Education; Cushing and Rutherford, the other major players in the A&GW affair, had withdrawn from the limelight, and neither would return to the legislature after the
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Rutherford to re-enter cabinet, and that the
Premier had told him that if he did, Cross would resign. However, he denied ever having agreed to do so, and accused Cross of fabricating his story completely. Rutherford stayed silent until March 11, when he announced that he had refused Cross's resignation, and that he was still Attorney-General. Soon after, Boyle made his own set of accusations, saying that agents of the liquor license department, which was under Cross, had been demanding bribes from hoteliers in exchange for licenses and that Cross was aware of this. Cross denied the charge.
687:, the province's chief justice. Several of Cross's supporters attempted to extract a promise to keep Cross as Attorney-General in exchange for their support of Sifton's government, but Sifton was unwilling to agree. Rutherford eventually and reluctantly complied with Bulyea's wishes, and the rest of his government, including Cross, followed suit. Subsequent rumours suggested that Cross and his followers had agreed to resign only because of a belief that Sifton would be appointed to the
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727:. He won both (Ewing was the second victor from the two-member Edmonton district), making him the only person in Alberta history to represent two constituencies at the same time (though not the only one to try: Sifton also did so in 1913, and Boyle would in 1921). The Edmonton contest was a close contest and only after several recounts was Cross declared a winner.
812:, the Minister of Public Works in his cabinet. Stewart, who supported conscription but did not actively campaign for it or the Unionists, kept Cross as Attorney-General, despite rumours that he would not. Cross's major challenge was enforcing prohibition, which was proving challenging. The Conservatives, and in particular
827:, making him and Boyle the only veterans of the first legislature still in office. The UFA, fielding candidates for the first time, won a majority of seats in the election, and Stewart resigned as Premier. Cross continued his indifferent performance as MLA until May 1925, when he resigned to enter federal politics.
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Bulyea and Oliver, lacked confidence in
Rutherford, they had little more in Cushing. Some newspapers characterized the struggle as the visible element of a battle for influence between Oliver, long Alberta's most prominent Liberal, and Cross, seen as its rising star. Though Rutherford never actually lost a
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In keeping with Sifton's policy of excluding all prominent players in the A&GW affair from cabinet, Cross was not re-appointed (Cushing, Rutherford, and Boyle were also left out). Despite this, Cross declared his support for Sifton's government while restating his admiration for
Rutherford's. In
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Rutherford's government, with the latter charging that the Deputy Attorney-General, S. B. Woods, had removed papers from the government's files on the A&GW. Cross denied these charges on his deputy's behalf. Boyle followed with a motion that the assets of the A&GW, which he believed
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In keeping with custom at the time, once appointed to cabinet Cross resigned his seat in the legislature and contested it in a by-election. His by-election was held at the same time as four others, and while
Liberal papers were unhesitant about endorsing the Liberal candidates in those, in Edmonton
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Attorney-General; Woods resigned the next day. Cross gave as his reason that Rutherford had told him that Cushing was re-entering cabinet, and Cross felt that that made his position untenable. Cushing gave a different account: he said that he had been asked by
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Stewart fired him after receiving no response to his request for Cross's resignation. Cross remained in provincial politics until 1925, but in a radically diminished role. After leaving provincial politics, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons, only to be defeated in his
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legislation, the highlight of which was making compensation automatic, rather than the result of a lawsuit by the injured worker. Though the bill addressed some of the labour movement's concerns, there remained many criticisms: it failed to fine employers responsible for workplace hazards, did not
801:(in which Cross was re-elected in Edson but did not run in Edmonton) resigned as Premier to move to federal politics and a ministry in Borden's government. Cross opposed conscription. In this he was joined by Oliver, and the two put aside years of animosity to campaign together for Laurier in the
723:, but by a much smaller margin than he had managed in 1905 and 1909. Ewing claimed electoral fraud and appealed the outcome to the courts, but the 1913 election pre-empted his appeal. In that election, perhaps recalling the narrowness of his by-election win, Cross ran in two ridings, Edmonton and
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The crisis divided the
Liberal Party into two camps: the pro-government Liberals, led by Cross and Rutherford, and the insurgent Liberals, led by Cushing and Boyle. The insurgents' objective was to replace Rutherford with Cushing. Though most important Liberals outside the legislature, including
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after approximately a year as
Premier, with Cross then being asked to form a government. A subsequent commission declined to find Cross guilty of wrongdoing in relation to the A&GW incident, but criticized him and Rutherford for granting over-generous terms to the railway.
613:, Cross's cabinet colleague, who argued that it would be cheaper to build a legislature building in Calgary than in Edmonton and that Calgary was the economic centre of the province and therefore ought to be capital. Cross countered that Edmonton's history as capital of the
719:, still owned by Oliver, complained that while in the other four by-elections voters were being asked to judge Sifton's government, in Edmonton it appeared that they were being asked to judge Rutherford's. Cross defeated his main opponent, Conservative
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as one of two members elected in the newly expanded Edmonton district. Soon after, in February 1910, Cushing resigned from cabinet, stating that he disagreed with Rutherford's approach to railway policy and specifically with his actions regarding the
805:. Cross regarded Laurier as something of a hero, and proclaimed that he was "fairly convinced that the first duty of Canadians to their country is to get rid of the crowd of profiteers at Ottawa who have brought the country to its present condition."
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1,500. In response to these concerns, Cross lowered the minimum building height to 30 feet (9.1 m) and raised the maximum compensation to $ 1,800. To assuage farm leaders, he also included an exemption for farm labour.
820:, Stewart requested his resignation. When twelve days passed without a reply from Cross, Stewart fired him August 26, 1918. His replacement as Attorney-General was Boyle, his nemesis of the Alberta and Great Waterways era.
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and its geographic location close to the centre of the province gave it the stronger claim. Edmonton was eventually selected by a vote of 16 to 8. It would not be the last issue on which Cross and Cushing disagreed.
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apply to injuries sustained while building or repairing buildings of less than 40 feet (12 m) in height, did not protect casual labourers, and limited compensation to a maximum of
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was gaining currency in Alberta: the Conservatives had included it in their 1913 platform, and it was supported by the increasingly powerful
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was the choice of provincial capital. The terms of autonomy had made Edmonton the provisional capital, but there was a movement to make
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797:. This dispute had repercussions in the Alberta party: Sifton supported conscription, and shortly after winning the
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793:, opposed conscription, but many of the party's English-speaking members supported it and defected to a Borden-led
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the permanent choice. This movement was led in the legislature by Minister of Public Works
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as example of its failures. But the government had also (at the UFA's behest) introduced
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as Alberta's first Attorney-General. In consequence, he was required to contest the
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and local Member of Parliament. Once the decision was made to create the province of
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in the spring of 1916. As Attorney-General, Cross was responsible for enforcing it.
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did so on prohibition, which was endorsed by a majority of voters in the
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to merchant Thomas Cross and his wife, Marie Mouncey. He studied at
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2269:"Parliamentarian file – Complete file – Cross, Charles Wilson"
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981:"History of Federal Ridings since 1867:Athabaska, Alberta"
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of Liberals and Conservatives. Cross was not among them.
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671:. Cross led the government's opposition to the motion.
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Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Alberta
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and ensure that Edmonton's interests were respected.
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measures, one of which allowed citizens to initiate
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571:. Though Cross was only 32, Rutherford named him to
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to be its first Attorney-General. Implicated in the
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859:. The Liberals, under incumbent Prime Minister
1848:. Vol. XV (1921–1930) (online ed.).
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58:October 29, 1925 – September 14, 1926
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405:. He was also the first Attorney-General of
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645:Alberta and Great Waterways Railway scandal
431:Alberta and Great Waterways Railway scandal
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563:to form a government. Haultain went to
449:1926 re-election bid. He died in 1928.
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218:May 4, 1912 – August 23, 1918
2379:"Election results for Edmonton, 1905"
2357:"Election results for Edmonton, 1913"
1966:"Election results for Edmonton, 1909"
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765:Conscription and the Stewart cabinet
2467:Canadian people of Scottish descent
2125:. Elections Alberta. Archived from
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789:supported him. The Liberal leader,
656:Alberta and Great Waterways Railway
13:
2335:"Election results for Edson, 1913"
2313:"Election results for Edson, 1917"
2291:"Election results for Edson, 1921"
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808:Sifton's successor as Premier was
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417:before coming west to practise in
111:March 25, 1913 – May 1925
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2165:Edmonton Bulletin, April 29, 1913
696:Backbenches and return to cabinet
1845:Dictionary of Canadian Biography
2420:: University of Toronto Press.
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16:Canadian politician (1872–1928)
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912:1926 Canadian federal election
835:Cross ran as a Liberal in the
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2404:Thomas, Lewis Gwynne (1959).
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2381:. Alberta Online Encyclopedia
2359:. Alberta Online Encyclopedia
2337:. Alberta Online Encyclopedia
2315:. Alberta Online Encyclopedia
2293:. Alberta Online Encyclopedia
1968:. Alberta Online Encyclopedia
1733:1905 Alberta general election
1609:1909 Alberta general election
1366:1913 Alberta general election
1285:1913 Alberta general election
1186:1917 Alberta general election
1105:1921 Alberta general election
831:Federal career and later life
757:; the legislature passed the
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2497:University of Toronto alumni
2408:The Liberal Party in Alberta
649:Cross was re-elected in the
561:Alexander Cameron Rutherford
427:Alexander Cameron Rutherford
421:. He became active with the
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2502:Upper Canada College alumni
2492:People from Hastings County
2482:Liberal Party of Canada MPs
1850:University of Toronto Press
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530:Frederick W. A. G. Haultain
207:Attorney-General of Alberta
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2123:"Past by-election results"
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1510:1912 by-election results (
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1075:Donald Ferdinand Kellner
946:Donald Ferdinand Kellner
845:Donald Ferdinand Kellner
160:John Alexander McDougall
81:Donald Ferdinand Kellner
1840:"Cross, Charles Wilson"
689:Supreme Court of Canada
569:Provincial Rights Party
506:Early provincial career
475:Osgoode Hall Law School
423:Liberal Party of Canada
415:Osgoode Hall Law School
375:Osgoode Hall Law School
335:Liberal Party of Canada
2507:York University alumni
2472:Canadian Presbyterians
2271:. Parliament of Canada
1838:Finkel, Alvin (2005).
1457:Alexander Grant MacKay
1091:Charles Jenry Gauvreau
983:. Parliament of Canada
814:George Douglas Stanley
623:Sabbath Observance Act
352:One son, two daughters
1782:Charles Wilson Cross
1659:Charles Wilson Cross
1557:Charles Wilson Cross
1416:Charles Wilson Cross
1334:Charles Wilson Cross
1235:Charles Wilson Cross
1154:Charles Wilson Cross
837:1925 federal election
803:1917 federal election
749:. The well-organized
627:workers' compensation
611:William Henry Cushing
491:Edmonton City Council
487:Northwest Territories
471:University of Toronto
371:University of Toronto
331:Alberta Liberal Party
158:Serving with
134:Christopher Pattinson
1058:Charles Wilson Cross
966:Charles Wilson Cross
467:Upper Canada College
413:, he studied law at
395:Charles Wilson Cross
25:Charles Wilson Cross
2174:Thomas 136, 138–139
777:supported imposing
771:conscription crisis
751:temperance movement
553:Lieutenant-Governor
518:, the owner of the
501:Provincial politics
477:. He moved west to
276:Charles R. Mitchell
229:Charles R. Mitchell
2477:Lawyers in Alberta
755:ensuing plebiscite
615:Canadian fur trade
542:Premier of Alberta
457:Cross was born in
344:Annie Louisa Lynde
191:District abolished
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717:Edmonton Bulletin
681:confidence motion
521:Edmonton Bulletin
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