Macdonald's government had been forced to resign on November 5, 1873 because of allegations of corruption relating to the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway (see the Pacific Scandal). The Liberals under Mackenzie formed an interim government two days later with an election called for January. The Tories were unable to recover from the scandal and lost the election as a result.
The captains of Canadian finance, manufacturing and transport excited the naturally strong Canadian suspicions of American economic intentions and, with their support, the Conservative Opposition under Robert BORDEN convinced the electorate that Canada's separate national economy and imperial trading possibilities were about to be thrown away for economic, and possibly political, absorption by the US.
In postwar provincial elections, farmers' parties formed governments in Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta, and in the federalelection of 1921, won by W.L.M. Liberals, the PROGRESSIVE PARTY won an astonishing 65 seats on a platform of lower tariffs, lower freight rates and government marketing of farm products.
In the federalelection of 11 June 1945, held while thousands of veterans were just beginning to come home, Canadians returned the LIBERAL PARTY to office.
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