William Henry Cushing
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title:
William Henry Cushing
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William Henry Cushing was a Canadian politician. Born in Ontario, he migrated west as a young adult where he started a successful lumber company and later became Alberta's first Minister of Public Works and the 11th mayor of Calgary. As Minister of Public Works in the government of Alexander Cameron Rutherford, he oversaw the creation of Alberta Government Telephones. Cushing's resignation in 1910 precipitated the Alberta and Great Waterways Railway scandal, which forced Rutherford's resignation
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Canadian politician (1852–1934)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Cushing
date created:
2005-03-13T01:21:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T20:40:52Z
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