Beauharnois scandal
1930s political scandal in Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Beauharnois scandal was a Canadian political scandal around 1930. The Beauharnois Light, Heat and Power Company had given $700,000 to the ruling Liberal Party of Canada in the run-up to the 1930 federal election in exchange for the right to change the flow of the St. Lawrence River through building a hydroelectric power station.[1]
The scandal "tainted" the reputation of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, although it was not discovered until the year after he had lost the election.[2] Later commentators have suggested it was the "most famous" example of political bribery in the decade.[3][4]